---
type: "Bill"
title: "Title Protection/Social Workers."
description: "Title Protection/Social Workers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1168"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1168 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EMPLOYMENT", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL WORKERS", "SOCIAL WORKERS BOARD", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STATE PERSONNEL OFFICE", "REP. WAINWRIGHT", "CHAPTERED", "REP. DICKSON", "REP. ENGLAND", "REP. GLAZIER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickson", "England", "Glazier"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-07"
last_action: "2009-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80e4aed2-3d09-4fa2-af13-fbbcd9ef8d55"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1168&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b83e316eefeccbb8eef931552ca79268e1873ae5d36113f8500f4a7514013997"
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 1168 (2009) — Title Protection/Social Workers.

## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1168v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1168v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1168v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1168v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1168v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-88** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1168v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dickson — primary (person)
- England — primary (person)
- Glazier — primary (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Mackey — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-11** Ch. SL 2009-88 `became-law`
- **2009-06-11** Signed By Gov. 6/11/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-03** Pres. To Gov. 6/3/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-02** Ratified
- **2009-06-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2009
- **2009-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-06** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-08** Ref to the Com on State Government/State Personnel, if favorable, Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80e4aed2-3d09-4fa2-af13-fbbcd9ef8d55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).