---
type: "Bill"
title: "Polysomnography Practice Act."
description: "Polysomnography Practice Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 819"
citation: "North Carolina HB 819 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEDICAL BOARD", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "REP. M. ALEXANDER", "REP. WAINWRIGHT", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MOORE", "POLYSOMNOGRAPHY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Alexander", "Wainwright"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-26"
last_action: "2009-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07596abe-a63b-4e40-a8c1-a04a64782888"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H819&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2a54df6f34112e49c12b8aca431062200f082fc7ad822cb924f2dc84ce5ee6fa"
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 819 (2009) — Polysomnography Practice 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/H819v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H819v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H819v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H819v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H819v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H819v5.pdf)
7. **SL2009-434** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H819v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. Alexander — primary (person)
- Wainwright — primary (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-07** Ch. SL 2009-434 `became-law`
- **2009-08-07** Signed By Gov. 8/7/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-30** Pres. To Gov. 7/30/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-29** Ratified
- **2009-07-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-27** Placed On Cal For 7/28/2009
- **2009-07-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-07-23** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-23** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-07-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-07-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-17** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-09** Ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-09** Rec From House
- **2009-06-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-06-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-06-03** Placed On Cal For 6/4/2009
- **2009-06-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-28** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-30** Ref to the Com on Judiciary I, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07596abe-a63b-4e40-a8c1-a04a64782888`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).