---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extend Hearing Loss Task Force."
description: "Extend Hearing Loss Task Force."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 60"
citation: "North Carolina HB 60 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMERCE", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "DHHS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SESSION LAWS", "SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS & AUDIOLOGISTS", "TASK FORCES", "REP. WEISS", "SUNSETS", "SPEECH PATHOLOGIST & AUDIOLOGIST BOARD", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FARMER-BUTTERFIELD", "REP. PIERCE", "HEARING AID DEALERS BOARD", "REP. MOBLEY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farmer-Butterfield", "Pierce", "Weiss"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-08"
last_action: "2011-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65d2851d-4111-47df-b7ec-5a4d07714f34"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H60&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5bd41ad057486777d8b49ab02eee7855160690e191b6cd329a3ad68cf4ed0b63"
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 60 (2011) — Extend Hearing Loss Task Force.

## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H60v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H60v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H60v2.pdf)
4. **SL2011-20** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H60v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Farmer-Butterfield — primary (person)
- Pierce — primary (person)
- Weiss — primary (person)
- Brandon — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Mobley — cosponsor (person)
- Parfitt — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-03-31** Ch. SL 2011-20 `became-law`
- **2011-03-31** Signed By Gov. 3/31/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-03-22** Pres. To Gov. 3/22/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-03-21** Ratified
- **2011-03-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-24** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-24** Rec From House
- **2011-02-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-02-22** Placed On Cal For 2/23/2011
- **2011-02-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-02-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-09** Ref To Com On Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65d2851d-4111-47df-b7ec-5a4d07714f34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).