---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Continuing Ed Req's/Cert. Well K'ors."
description: "Amend Continuing Ed Req's/Cert. Well K'ors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 688"
citation: "North Carolina HB 688 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "CONSTRUCTION", "EDUCATION", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "WELL CONTRACTORS COMN.", "CHAPTERED", "WELLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hardister", "Millis", "Tine"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-09"
last_action: "2014-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a18ef72-a34b-4431-85d7-f33747e0b47f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H688&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2d23fbcce0b0c8f07dc993ad7a5bf64773ade42490ab9a1f356f572db0188509"
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 688 (2013) — Amend Continuing Ed Req's/Cert. Well K'ors.

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H688v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARI-41-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/5780/0/H688-ARI-41-V-4)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H688v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H688v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H688v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H688v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H688v5.pdf)
8. **SL2014-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H688v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **44–2** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **115–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hardister — primary (person)
- Millis — primary (person)
- Tine — primary (person)
- Jeter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-05-29** Ch. SL 2014-2 `became-law`
- **2014-05-29** Signed by Gov. 5/29/2014 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-29** Pres. To Gov. 5/29/2014 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-05-28** Ratified
- **2014-05-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2014-05-27** Special Message sent to the senate
- **2014-05-27** Conf Report Adopted
- **2014-05-21** Placed On Cal For 05/27/2014
- **2014-05-21** Conf Com Reported
- **2014-05-20** Conf Report Adopted
- **2014-05-19** Placed On Cal For 05/20/2014
- **2014-05-19** Conf Com Reported
- **2013-06-20** Conf Com Appointed
- **2013-06-12** Conf Com Appointed
- **2013-06-12** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2013-06-11** Placed On Cal For 06/12/2013
- **2013-06-11** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-06-10** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-06-10** Rec From Senate
- **2013-06-06** Engrossed
- **2013-06-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-06** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-04** Placed On Cal For 06/06/2013
- **2013-06-04** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-05-30** Placed On Cal For 06/04/2013
- **2013-05-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-05-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-29** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-29** Rec From House
- **2013-04-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-24** Placed On Cal For 04/25/2013
- **2013-04-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-22** Assigned To Regulatory Reform Subcommittee on Environmental `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Ref To Com On Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a18ef72-a34b-4431-85d7-f33747e0b47f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).