---
type: "Bill"
title: "Funeral Practice Licensure Tech. Corrections."
description: "Funeral Practice Licensure Tech. Corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 554"
citation: "North Carolina HB 554 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "BOARDS", "CREMATION", "DEATH & DYING", "EMPLOYMENT", "FUNERAL SERVICES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEDICAL EXAMINERS", "NURSING", "OCCUPATIONAL TESTING", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "TESTING", "VITAL RECORDS", "RECORDS", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED", "FUNERAL SERVICE BOARD", "CREMATORY AUTHORITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alexander", "Boles"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-02"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5e2b66e-54e3-4f5c-a902-b8d441c603ef"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H554&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "503083b2dd1090a59c40b04d166941dad6a14f2346b2b1b5c6d988e034e7ddff"
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 554 (2019) — Funeral Practice Licensure Tech. Corrections.

## 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/H554v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/5898/0/H554-A-NBC-5994)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H554v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H554v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H554v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H554v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H554v5.pdf)
8. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H554v6.pdf)
9. **Edition 7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H554v7.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H554v8.pdf)
11. **SL 2019-207** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H554v9.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **83–31** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **39–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alexander — primary (person)
- Boles — primary (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-30** Ch. SL 2019-207 `became-law`
- **2019-08-30** Signed by Gov. 8/30/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-22** Pres. To Gov. 8/22/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-21** Ratified
- **2019-08-20** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-08-20** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-08-19** Placed On Cal For 08/20/2019
- **2019-08-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-07-29** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-29** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-24** Placed On Cal For 07/29/2019
- **2019-07-24** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2019-07-24** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2019-07-24** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-07-23** Engrossed
- **2019-07-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-23** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-08** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-07-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-28** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-28** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-06-28** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-27** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-06-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-19** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-04-26** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-04-25** Ordered Engrossed
- **2019-04-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-18** Placed On Cal For 04/25/2019
- **2019-04-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-04-18** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Ref to the Com on Regulatory Reform, 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/a5e2b66e-54e3-4f5c-a902-b8d441c603ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).