---
type: "Bill"
title: "NC Health and Human Services Workforce Act."
description: "NC Health and Human Services Workforce Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 125"
citation: "North Carolina HB 125 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AMBULANCES", "AOC", "ARMED FORCES", "ASSAULT", "BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS BOARD", "BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "CHILD CUSTODY", "CLINICS", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DEFINITIONS", "DENTISTS & DENTISTRY", "DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES", "DHHS", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS", "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "FAMILY ISSUES", "FEES", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "FOOD SERVICES", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "HEALTH", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HEARING AID DEALERS BOARD", "HOSPITALS", "INSURANCE", "INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION", "JUDICIAL DEPT.", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LIABILITY", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEDICAID", "MEDICAL BOARD", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MINORS", "NEWBORNS & INFANTS", "NURSES & NURSING", "NURSING BOARD", "OCCUPATIONS", "OPTICIANS & OPTOMETRISTS", "OPTOMETRY EXAMINERS BOARD", "PERSONNEL", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PHARMACISTS & PHARMACIES", "PHYSICIANS", "POVERTY", "PREGNANCY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SAFETY", "SECURITY SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS & AUDIOLOGISTS", "STUDIES", "VETERANS", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradford", "White"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b44bc8a-48e6-48f5-826b-6c358402f064"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H125"
source_hash: "b28fb506208ecd935db66487d8868e341dfc7af7f3afdf2a9f8786f2a656ac3f"
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 125 (2023) — NC Health and Human Services Workforce Act.

## 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/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H125v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASH-26-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/6704/0/H125-ASH-26-V-4)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H125v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H125v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H125v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H125v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H125v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H125v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2023-129** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H125v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bradford — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- F. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- Loftis — cosponsor (person)
- Lowery — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- N. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Penny — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Potts — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Zenger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-02** Ch. SL 2023-129 `became-law`
- **2023-09-29** Signed by Gov. 9/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-22** Pres. To Gov. 9/22/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-22** Ratified
- **2023-09-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-09-22** Conf Report Adopted
- **2023-09-22** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2023-09-22** Conf Com Reported
- **2023-09-21** Conf Report Adopted
- **2023-09-21** Added to Calendar
- **2023-09-21** Conf Com Reported
- **2023-08-10** Conf Com Appointed
- **2023-07-12** Conf Com Appointed
- **2023-07-12** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2023-06-29** Placed On Cal For 07/12/2023
- **2023-06-29** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2023-06-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2023-06-28** Special Message Sent To House
- **2023-06-28** Engrossed
- **2023-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-28** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-20** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-31** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-05-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-31** Sequential Referral To Finance Added After Judiciary
- **2023-05-31** Sequential Referral To Judiciary Added After Health Care
- **2023-05-18** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-08** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-03-08** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-03-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Added to Calendar
- **2023-03-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-03-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b44bc8a-48e6-48f5-826b-6c358402f064`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).