---
type: "Bill"
title: "Barbers/Electrolysis Boards/Merger."
description: "Barbers/Electrolysis Boards/Merger."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 792"
citation: "North Carolina HB 792 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "APPOINTMENTS", "BARBER EXAMINERS BOARD", "BARBERS & COSMETOLOGISTS", "BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "COMMERCE", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COURTS", "DISTRICT COURT", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "ELECTROLOGISTS", "ELECTROLYSIS BOARD", "EMPLOYMENT", "FEES", "FUNDING", "GOVERNOR", "GRANTS", "JUDGES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "MOBILE & VEHICLE-BASED BUSINESSES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NAME CHANGE", "OCCUPATIONAL TESTING", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "TESTING", "VACANCIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-03"
last_action: "2022-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6980f20-80c9-4a61-9b5b-9fe4fcaf42f8"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H792"
source_hash: "161bb3ac19c7f10b337474b818a0dc587cbd6de4c5801dda69ef6d441543b8d3"
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 792 (2021) — Barbers/Electrolysis Boards/Merger.

## 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/H792v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/55239/0/H792-A-NBC-9584)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H792v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H792v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H792v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H792v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2022-72** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H792v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur Sen. Amd. 1 — **106–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-07-08** Ch. SL 2022-72 `became-law`
- **2022-07-08** Signed by Gov. 7/8/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-01** Ratified
- **2022-07-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2022-07-01** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-07-01** Added to Calendar
- **2022-07-01** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2022-07-01** Special Message Sent To House
- **2022-07-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-07-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-07-01** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-07-01** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2022-07-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-09-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-09-27** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-09-24** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-09-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-09-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-09-23** Added to Calendar
- **2021-09-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-09-23** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- **2021-09-23** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Added
- **2021-05-05** Serial Referral To Finance Added
- **2021-05-05** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- **2021-05-04** Ref to the Com on Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6980f20-80c9-4a61-9b5b-9fe4fcaf42f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).