---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Qualifications/Practice of Counseling."
description: "Amend Qualifications/Practice of Counseling."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 279"
citation: "North Carolina SB 279 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMERCE", "COUNSELING", "COUNTIES", "CRIMES", "CURRICULUM", "DISCRIMINATION", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "HOUSING", "KINDERGARTEN", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MINIMUM WAGE", "MINORS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SEX EDUCATION", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "SMUGGLING & TRAFFICKING", "LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS BOARD", "LOCAL ORDINANCES", "FAMILY ISSUES", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-12"
last_action: "2015-10-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f7b21de-43b2-438c-9889-bbef9f953269"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S279&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4fd3152d1f1cff33ff43dbdee4d7f685f658eb0d5d71b8d85679baea04c05193"
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 SB 279 (2015) — Amend Qualifications/Practice of Counseling.

## 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/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S279v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATC-100-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/6258/0/S279-ATC-100-V-1)
3. **A1: ATC-19-V-8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/2841/0/S279-ATC-19-V-8)
4. **A2: ATA-27-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/6259/0/S279-ATA-27-V-1)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S279v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S279v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S279v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S279v4.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S279v5.pdf)
10. **SL2015-279** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S279v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **24–16** (pass) · upper
- M8 Re-Refer Rules, Cal., & Oper. House C RPT Adoption — **66–47** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-10-20** Ch. SL 2015-279 `became-law`
- **2015-10-20** Signed by Gov. 10/20/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-01** Pres. To Gov. 10/01/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-09-30** Ratified
- **2015-09-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-09-30** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-30** Conf Com Dismissed
- **2015-09-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-09-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2015-09-29** Reconsidered Concurrence
- **2015-09-29** Conf Com Withdrawn/dismi
- **2015-09-29** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-29** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-09-28** Placed On Cal For 09/29/2015
- **2015-09-28** Conf Com Reported
- **2015-09-22** Conf Com Appointed
- **2015-09-21** Conf Com Appointed
- **2015-09-21** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2015-09-17** Placed On Cal For 09/21/2015
- **2015-09-17** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2015-09-16** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-09-16** Ordered Engrossed
- **2015-09-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-09-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-09-16** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-16** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-15** Placed On Cal For 09/16/2015
- **2015-09-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-09-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-09** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-06** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-06** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-02** Engrossed
- **2015-04-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-02** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-23** Re-ref Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-16** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f7b21de-43b2-438c-9889-bbef9f953269`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).