---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modify Physical Therapy Definition."
description: "Modify Physical Therapy Definition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 548"
citation: "North Carolina HB 548 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHIROPRACTORS", "DEFINITIONS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHYSICAL THERAPY", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grange", "Torbett", "White"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-02"
last_action: "2019-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47a1a886-7ab6-4cf7-82d7-90288063d3dc"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H548&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4bb667c1c04b94c4c439e22a791d6565631fdc5b551d5ea42acc59942ef3919d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina HB 548 (2019) — Modify Physical Therapy Definition.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H548v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H548v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H548v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2019-43** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H548v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **103–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grange — primary (person)
- Torbett — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Black — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Dobson — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-06-21** Ch. SL 2019-43 `became-law`
- **2019-06-21** Signed by Gov. 6/21/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-18** Pres. To Gov. 6/18/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-17** Ratified
- **2019-06-13** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-12** Placed On Cal For 06/13/2019
- **2019-06-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-05** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-05-03** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-05-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Placed On Cal For 05/02/2019
- **2019-05-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-05-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** Serial Referral To Insurance Stricken
- **2019-04-03** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Insurance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47a1a886-7ab6-4cf7-82d7-90288063d3dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).