---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner/Strengthen Opioid Misuse Act of 2017 (STOP) Act Clarifications."
description: "Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner/Strengthen Opioid Misuse Act of 2017 (STOP) Act Clarifications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 629"
citation: "North Carolina HB 629 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "NURSES & NURSING", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moffitt", "Potts", "Sasser"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-21"
last_action: "2021-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e051f55d-4cd2-4983-9a91-fa6366fb9a6a"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H629"
source_hash: "d7e5d3370ec21ad57e2e7b892bd07c6eba094210072da6d48129bd8794d05510"
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 629 (2021) — Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner/Strengthen Opioid Misuse Act of 2017 (STOP) Act Clarifications.

## Version chain

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

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H629v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H629v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H629v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2021-70** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H629v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Moffitt — primary (person)
- Potts — primary (person)
- Sasser — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-02** Ch. SL 2021-70 `became-law`
- **2021-07-02** Signed by Gov. 7/2/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-23** Pres. To Gov. 6/23/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-22** Ratified
- **2021-06-21** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-06-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-16** Placed On Cal For 06/21/2021
- **2021-06-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2021-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-09** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-01** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-11** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-05-11** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-05-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Placed On Cal For 05/10/2021
- **2021-05-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** Serial Referral To Insurance Stricken
- **2021-04-22** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Insurance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e051f55d-4cd2-4983-9a91-fa6366fb9a6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).