---
type: "Bill"
title: "Speech Language Pathologist Qualifications."
description: "Speech Language Pathologist Qualifications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 18"
citation: "North Carolina HB 18 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS & AUDIOLOGISTS", "SPEECH PATHOLOGIST & AUDIOLOGIST BOARD", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FAISON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faison"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-01-29"
last_action: "2009-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbd61870-1204-44cb-8737-cf4d1670abc2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H18&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c44d5f4d3037516b918e362c6df96a9f6e9d406b5cc7a4de2745297cedbce055"
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 18 (2009) — Speech Language Pathologist Qualifications.

## 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/H18v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H18v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H18v2.pdf)
4. **SL2009-138** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H18v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faison — primary (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-19** Ch. SL 2009-138 `became-law`
- **2009-06-19** Signed By Gov. 6/19/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-09** Pres. To Gov. 6/9/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-08** Ratified
- **2009-06-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-01** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-01** Rec From House
- **2009-03-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-30** Placed On Cal For 3/31/2009
- **2009-03-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-03-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-24** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-12** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-02-02** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-01-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbd61870-1204-44cb-8737-cf4d1670abc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).