---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ins.&St. Hlth Plan Cover/Hearing Aids/Autism."
description: "Ins.&St. Hlth Plan Cover/Hearing Aids/Autism."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 589"
citation: "North Carolina HB 589 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABLED PERSONS", "FISCAL NOTES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "STATE HEALTH PLAN", "REP. M. ALEXANDER", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ENGLAND", "REP. GLAZIER", "REP. WILEY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["England", "M. Alexander", "Wiley"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-12"
last_action: "2010-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/026b9ae6-c307-4bad-8b57-d9c4c046bf70"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H589&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8411810dfc78268eb906b54f2376eab5e07bc199e31238190a4c875b62300107"
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 589 (2009) — Ins.&St. Hlth Plan Cover/Hearing Aids/Autism.

## 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/H589v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMG-18-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/440/0/H589-AMG-18-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H589v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H589v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H589v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H589v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H589v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H589v6.pdf)
9. **SL2010-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H589v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 6\To Reconsider — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference Rpt\No. 2\Motion 7\To Adopt — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- England — primary (person)
- M. Alexander — primary (person)
- Wiley — primary (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- E. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffus — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- McElraft — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Whilden — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-06-07** Ch. SL 2010-2 `became-law`
- **2010-06-07** Signed By Gov. 6/7/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-06-01** Pres. To Gov. 5/28/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-05-27** Ratified
- **2010-05-26** Conf Report Adopted
- **2010-05-25** Placed On Cal For 5/26/2010
- **2010-05-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2010-05-25** Conf Rpt Rtn To Conf Com
- **2010-05-25** Reconsidered Adoption
- **2010-05-20** Conf Report Adopted
- **2010-05-19** Placed On Cal For 5/20/2010
- **2010-05-19** Conf Com Reported
- **2010-05-12** Conf Rpt Rtn To Conf Com
- **2010-05-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-08-10** Postponed To 5/12/2010
- **2009-08-07** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-08-07** Placed On Cal For 8/7/2009
- **2009-08-07** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-08-07** Placed On Cal For 8/10/2009
- **2009-08-07** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-08-07** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-08-07** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-08-06** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-08-06** Failed concur in S/Com Sub
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-06** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-08-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-08-05** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-05** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-08-05** Placed On Cal For 8/5/2009
- **2009-08-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-08-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-23** Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-22** Rec From House
- **2009-07-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-22** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-21** Placed On Cal For 7/22/2009
- **2009-07-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-09** Assigned To Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-03** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-26** Re-ref Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-16** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Insurance, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/026b9ae6-c307-4bad-8b57-d9c4c046bf70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).