---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restore Workers' Comp. Stability."
description: "Restore Workers' Comp. Stability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1045"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1045 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYMENT", "INDUSTRIAL COMN.", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WORKERS COMPENSATION", "REP. BADDOUR", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-09"
last_action: "2001-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1634deb7-2b97-4df9-a783-477dcb1b2f49"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1045&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f898c49fae0dfeae61bfd596b5e2629dd451e85f04ddd74b6a97ef66547c0bf3"
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 1045 (2001) — Restore Workers' Comp. Stability.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1045v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1045v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1045v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1045v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1045v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-216** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1045v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Baddour — cosponsor (person)
- Blue — cosponsor (person)
- Daughtry — cosponsor (person)
- Dedmon — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- Fitch — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- McComas — cosponsor (person)
- Michaux — cosponsor (person)
- Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-06-15** Ch. SL 2001-216 `became-law`
- **2001-06-15** Signed By Gov. 6/15/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-11** Pres. To Gov. 6/8/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-06-07** Ratified
- **2001-06-06** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-05** Placed On Cal For 6/6/2001
- **2001-06-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-06-05** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-05-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-05-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** Rec From House
- **2001-04-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-04-23** Amend Adopted #3 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-23** Amendment Withdrawn #2 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2001-04-23** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-04-18** Placed On Cal For 4/19/2001
- **2001-04-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-10** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1634deb7-2b97-4df9-a783-477dcb1b2f49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).