---
type: "Bill"
title: "Update Licensure Act/Speech Pathologists."
description: "Update Licensure Act/Speech Pathologists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 892"
citation: "North Carolina HB 892 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS & AUDIOLOGISTS", "SPEECH PATHOLOGIST & AUDIOLOGIST BOARD", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FAISON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-16"
last_action: "2007-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c41efcdf-852e-4ca6-bb2b-138923c3680d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H892&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0d3a3a59fcefecdc16f8a5fdfc23cfc1365fbafd649b2e03491dda6aebdde9e3"
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 892 (2007) — Update Licensure Act/Speech Pathologists.

## 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H892v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H892v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H892v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H892v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H892v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H892v5.pdf)
7. **SL2007-436** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H892v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faison — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-23** Ch. SL 2007-436 `became-law`
- **2007-08-23** Signed By Gov. 8/23/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-24** Pres. To Gov. 7/24/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-24** Ratified
- **2007-07-23** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/23/2007
- **2007-07-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-19** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-07-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-14** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-14** Rec From House
- **2007-06-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-12** Placed On Cal For 6/13/2007
- **2007-06-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-29** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-29** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-21** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-20** Ref to the Com on Health and, if favorable, to the Com on Judiciary III and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c41efcdf-852e-4ca6-bb2b-138923c3680d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).