---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow In-Home Lic'd Barbering."
description: "Allow In-Home Lic'd Barbering."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 596"
citation: "North Carolina HB 596 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BARBERS & COSMETOLOGISTS", "BOARDS", "CALENDAR", "COSMETIC ART EXAMINERS BOARD", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "FOREST PRODUCTS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE SYMBOLS", "TITLE CHANGE", "BARBER EXAMINERS BOARD", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FISHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fisher", "Langdon", "Yongue"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-12"
last_action: "2009-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9918ab90-e2f8-4bde-9604-4c39d0f42bcd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H596&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "599d009c32174cc36b8e3ec8a71767c37ff35b4b865fe3075b0db8370c50d953"
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 596 (2009) — Allow In-Home Lic'd Barbering.

## 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/H596v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H596v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H596v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H596v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H596v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-471** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H596v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **97–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fisher — primary (person)
- Langdon — primary (person)
- Yongue — primary (person)
- Bordsen — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Justus — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- R. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Whilden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-26** Ch. SL 2009-471 `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
- **2009-08-10** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-07** Placed On Cal For 8/10/2009
- **2009-08-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-07** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-08-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-08-07** Com Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-07** Com Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-08-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-13** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-13** Rec From House
- **2009-04-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-07** Placed On Cal For 4/8/2009
- **2009-04-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-01** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-16** Ref to the Com on State Government/State Personnel, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9918ab90-e2f8-4bde-9604-4c39d0f42bcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).