---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Board of Health/Optometrist."
description: "County Board of Health/Optometrist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 951"
citation: "North Carolina HB 951 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "EMPLOYMENT", "HEALTH BOARDS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "OCCUPATIONS", "OPTOMETRY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ALLEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-31"
last_action: "2009-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83259324-311a-4a98-bf23-642072484534"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H951&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "861fb59852d3ee39031e2a7dafee1d065cd23140bc9f55fce26d386c83d43945"
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 951 (2009) — County Board of Health/Optometrist.

## 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/H951v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASQ-104-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/710/0/H951-ASQ-104-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H951v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H951v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H951v3.pdf)
6. **SL2009-447** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H951v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-07** Ch. SL 2009-447 `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 as Amended.
- **2009-07-27** Placed On Cal For 7/28/2009
- **2009-07-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-27** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-20** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-20** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-07-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2009
- **2009-07-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-07-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-09** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2009
- **2009-07-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2009
- **2009-07-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-16** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-16** Rec From House
- **2009-04-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-14** Placed On Cal For 4/15/2009
- **2009-04-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-01** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83259324-311a-4a98-bf23-642072484534`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).