---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Hair Care Licensure/Cosmetic Art Act."
description: "Natural Hair Care Licensure/Cosmetic Art Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 291"
citation: "North Carolina HB 291 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BARBERS & COSMETOLOGISTS", "BOARDS", "COSMETIC ART EXAMINERS BOARD", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. PARMON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parmon"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-24"
last_action: "2009-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/508cc8d6-d6b6-4c0e-b275-3a558bf01ee2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H291&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b5d8c04bde009cec9bdcfe9757ec057cab6e2588054b3c3b9a39e540fb9df4ab"
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 291 (2009) — Natural Hair Care Licensure/Cosmetic Art Act.

## 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/H291v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALA-8-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/257/0/H291-ALA-8-V-1)
3. **A1: ATD-56-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/262/0/H291-ATD-56-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H291v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H291v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H291v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H291v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H291v5.pdf)
9. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H291v6.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H291v7.pdf)
11. **SL2009-521** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H291v8.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **57–49** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **33–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Parmon — primary (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- E. Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-26** Ch. SL 2009-521 `became-law`
- **2009-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Pres. To Gov. 8/11/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Ratified
- **2009-08-07** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-08-07** Conf Rept Re-submitted
- **2009-08-07** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-08-07** Conf Com Withdrawn/dismi
- **2009-08-07** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-08-07** Conf Com Withdrawn/dismi
- **2009-08-07** Conf Rept Withdrawn
- **2009-08-07** Placed On Cal For 8/7/2009
- **2009-08-07** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-08-06** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-06** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-08-05** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-08-04** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-08-04** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2009-08-03** Placed On Cal For 8/4/2009
- **2009-08-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-03** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-07-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-07-28** Placed On Cal For 7/30/2009
- **2009-07-28** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-07-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-27** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-07-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-30** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-27** Ref to Commerce. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-27** Rec From House
- **2009-05-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-05-26** Amend Failed 3 `amendment-failure`
- **2009-05-26** Amend Failed 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2009-05-21** Placed On Cal For 5/26/2009
- **2009-05-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-21** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-20** Placed On Cal For 5/21/2009
- **2009-05-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-26** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-25** Ref to the Com on Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/508cc8d6-d6b6-4c0e-b275-3a558bf01ee2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).