---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow Physical Therapists in School Concussion Protocol."
description: "Allow Physical Therapists in School Concussion Protocol."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 928"
citation: "North Carolina HB 928 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES; MINORS; PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL THERAPY; PUBLIC; RATIFIED; SPORTS; STATE EMPLOYEES; STUDENTS; CHAPTERED; GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES; STUDENT ATHLETES; SCHOOL STAFF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cairns", "Chesser", "Pyrtle"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-10"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6814eaeb-b499-40c4-8340-4903c0a7feab"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H928"
source_hash: "cfee7e5c4782da421c0605f1ddff5a2633ea5268fdc719f29f5c635779a3c199"
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 928 (2025) — Allow Physical Therapists in School Concussion Protocol.

## 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/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H928v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H928v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H928v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2025-49** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H928v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **100–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cairns — primary (person)
- Chesser — primary (person)
- Pyrtle — primary (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-02** Ch. SL 2025-49 `became-law`
- **2025-07-02** Signed by Gov. 7/2/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-24** Pres. To Gov. 6/24/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-23** Ratified
- **2025-06-19** Ordered Enrolled
- **2025-06-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-17** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-09** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-05-07** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Regular Message Received From House
- **2025-05-07** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2025-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** Placed On Cal For 05/06/2025
- **2025-05-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-05-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-30** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-29** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6814eaeb-b499-40c4-8340-4903c0a7feab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).