---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend CPA Laws/Practice Privileges."
description: "Amend CPA Laws/Practice Privileges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 647"
citation: "North Carolina SB 647 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCOUNTANTS", "BOARDS", "CPA EXAMINERS BOARD", "FISCAL NOTES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-18"
last_action: "2009-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a66e3763-204e-42f2-92a3-b79c88c6ac2c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S647&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d3547f04674d319a3f463bdcf5e85ec32b7b2d2a5dcfe367c201fd55ea64ef01"
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 SB 647 (2009) — Amend CPA Laws/Practice Privileges.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S647v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S647v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S647v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S647v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S647v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-347** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S647v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Goodall — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Vaughan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-27** Ch. SL 2009-347 `became-law`
- **2009-07-27** Signed By Gov. 7/27/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-16** Ratified
- **2009-07-16** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2009-07-15** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2009-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2009
- **2009-07-14** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-07-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-07-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2009
- **2009-07-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-27** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-04** Ref to the Com on Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-04-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-04-22** Placed On Cal For 4/28/2009
- **2009-04-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-04-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-19** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a66e3763-204e-42f2-92a3-b79c88c6ac2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).