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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allow Employers to Offer EPO Benefit Plans."
+description: "Allow Employers to Offer EPO Benefit Plans."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 228"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 228 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "EMPLOYMENT", "FOR-PROFIT", "HEALTH", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SMALL BUSINESS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Edwards", "Krawiec"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-10"
+last_action: "2021-09-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c5760be-3ede-400d-a930-7c6ffabbe561"
+source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S228"
+source_hash: "16d558db72d7c982add862229bda6aa0338d4dcb7aea08c2d0761dfd6d01fb54"
+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 228 (2021) — Allow Employers to Offer EPO Benefit Plans.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S228v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S228v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S228v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S228v3.pdf)
+5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S228v4.pdf)
+6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S228v5.pdf)
+7. **SL 2021-151** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S228v6.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **97–6** (pass) · lower
+- Motion 9 To Concur — **42–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Krawiec — primary (person)
+- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- Batch — cosponsor (person)
+- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
+- Clark — cosponsor (person)
+- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
+- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
+- Galey — cosponsor (person)
+- Hise — cosponsor (person)
+- Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
+- Lee — cosponsor (person)
+- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
+- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
+- Newton — cosponsor (person)
+- Salvador — cosponsor (person)
+- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
+- deViere — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-09-10** Ch. SL 2021-151 `became-law`
+- **2021-09-10** Signed by Gov. 9/10/2021 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-08-31** Pres. To Gov. 8/31/2021 `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-08-30** Ratified
+- **2021-08-26** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2021-08-26** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-08-25** Placed On Cal For 08/26/2021
+- **2021-08-25** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
+- **2021-08-25** Regular Message Sent To Senate
+- **2021-08-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-08-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-08-24** Added to Calendar
+- **2021-08-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2021-08-24** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
+- **2021-08-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-08-18** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
+- **2021-08-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-08-04** Re-ref to the Com on Insurance, if favorable, Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2021-08-04** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2021-05-10** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-05-06** Regular Message Received From Senate
+- **2021-05-06** Regular Message Sent To House
+- **2021-05-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-05-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-29** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-29** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2021-04-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-28** Re-ref Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-28** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2021-04-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-18** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-18** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2021-03-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-10** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c5760be-3ede-400d-a930-7c6ffabbe561`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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