---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vision Care Program Changes."
description: "Vision Care Program Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 2699"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2699 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "COMMISSIONS", "DHHS", "EDUCATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "FISCAL NOTES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "KINDERGARTEN", "MINORS", "OPTOMETRY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDENTS", "STUDIES", "REP. HAIRE", "REP. WRIGHT", "REP. YONGUE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. COLEMAN", "EARLY CHILDHOOD VISION CARE COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coleman", "Wright", "Yongue"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-05-24"
last_action: "2006-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f0cb085-7638-4d2b-a95a-648b765a75b1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H2699&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8d2201e41062eecf2a5c41571dbd890a7f8d74f8cb3283d2ede9bd30436c964c"
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 2699 (2005) — Vision Care Program Changes.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2699v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2699v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2699v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2699v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2699v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2699v5.pdf)
7. **SL2006-240** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2699v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **88–15** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **36–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coleman — primary (person)
- Wright — primary (person)
- Yongue — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- B. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Church — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Haire — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- L. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- McAllister — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Saunders — cosponsor (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-08-13** Ch. SL 2006-240 `became-law`
- **2006-08-13** Signed By Gov. 8/13/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-20** Pres. To Gov. 7/20/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-20** Ratified
- **2006-07-20** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/20/2006
- **2006-07-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-19** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2006-07-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2006-07-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-07-07** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2006-07-07** Rec From House
- **2006-07-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-06** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-06** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-06** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2006-07-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-05-25** Ref to the Com on Health and, if favorable, to the Com on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f0cb085-7638-4d2b-a95a-648b765a75b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).