---
type: "Bill"
title: "Choice of Hearing Aid Specialist."
description: "Choice of Hearing Aid Specialist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 248"
citation: "North Carolina SB 248 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "FEES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "HEARING AID DEALERS BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-11"
last_action: "2013-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfa1f0a1-a28c-4f2b-a177-cbd1bb56b478"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S248&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5623ed78b997ea5552bfc5b1c9d243e95156ac459da4780485b4b438a60df2dd"
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 248 (2013) — Choice of Hearing Aid Specialist.

## 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/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S248v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S248v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S248v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S248v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S248v4.pdf)
6. **SL2013-296** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S248v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-18** Ch. SL 2013-296 `became-law`
- **2013-07-18** Signed by Gov. 7/18/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-11** Pres. To Gov. 07/12/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-11** Ratified
- **2013-07-10** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-10** Added to Calendar
- **2013-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-07-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-25** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-13** Ref to the Com on Health and Human Services, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-06-12** Rec From Senate
- **2013-06-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-06** Placed On Cal For 06/11/2013
- **2013-06-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-15** Re-ref Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-05-14** Com Amend Adpt & Engross 1
- **2013-05-14** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-17** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-04-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-12** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfa1f0a1-a28c-4f2b-a177-cbd1bb56b478`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).