---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Professional Counselors Act/Fees."
description: "Amend Professional Counselors Act/Fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 746"
citation: "North Carolina HB 746 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "COUNSELING", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MENTAL HEALTH", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. INSKO", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-23"
last_action: "2009-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1c68a44-857e-4452-a9d9-c4520d379a65"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H746&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "02a861e3ed58e9929beeca2700fc04d3978af68576f2f642eecf5828e88eaf90"
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 746 (2009) — Amend Professional Counselors Act/Fees.

## 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/H746v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H746v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H746v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H746v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H746v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H746v5.pdf)
7. **SL2009-367** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H746v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **97–18** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-27** Ch. SL 2009-367 `became-law`
- **2009-07-27** Signed By Gov. 7/27/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-16** Ratified
- **2009-07-15** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2009
- **2009-07-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-07-13** Ref To Com On State Government/State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-13** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2009
- **2009-07-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-17** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-27** Ref to Commerce. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-27** Rec From House
- **2009-05-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-05-21** Placed On Cal For 5/26/2009
- **2009-05-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-20** Placed On Cal For 5/21/2009
- **2009-05-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-20** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-30** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-24** Ref to the Com on State Government/State Personnel, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1c68a44-857e-4452-a9d9-c4520d379a65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).