---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Funeral Laws."
description: "Amend Funeral Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 529"
citation: "North Carolina HB 529 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "CREMATION", "CRIMES", "DEATH & DYING", "FEES", "FRAUD", "FUNERAL SERVICES", "GOVERNOR", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LIFE", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "FUNERAL SERVICE BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alexander", "Boles", "Hunter"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-29"
last_action: "2018-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58bb4fc9-015a-4f5e-9646-9f3458339aae"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H529&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "89017af3138d941923bb3d97a3c526547321b4920055052b899fab8380cb6f7c"
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 529 (2017) — Amend Funeral Laws.

## 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/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H529v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASV-55-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/6732/0/H529-ASV-55-V-2)
3. **A1: ASV-66-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/7185/0/H529-ASV-66-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H529v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H529v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H529v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H529v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H529v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H529v6.pdf)
10. **SL 2018-78** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H529v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **89–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — primary (person)
- Boles — primary (person)
- Hunter — primary (person)
- Brenden Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-25** Ch. SL 2018-78 `became-law`
- **2018-06-25** Signed by Gov. 6/25/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-15** Ratified
- **2018-06-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-15** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-15** Added to Calendar
- **2018-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-15** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2018-06-15** Special Message Sent To House
- **2018-06-15** Engrossed
- **2018-06-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-15** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-15** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2018-06-15** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2018-06-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-14** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2018-06-12** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-06-12** Special Message Received From House
- **2018-06-12** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2018-06-11** Ordered Engrossed
- **2018-06-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-11** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-07** Placed On Cal For 06/11/2018
- **2018-06-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-31** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-31** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-30** Ref to the Com on Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58bb4fc9-015a-4f5e-9646-9f3458339aae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).