---
type: "Bill"
title: "Viatical Settlements Rewrite-AB."
description: "Viatical Settlements Rewrite-AB."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 359"
citation: "North Carolina HB 359 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH & DYING", "FISCAL NOTES", "FRAUD", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "INSURANCE", "LIFE", "MEDICAL RECORDS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. DOCKHAM", "REP. HURLEY", "RECORDS", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dockham"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-28"
last_action: "2001-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ed11106-58dd-4f4b-82d1-49dca6a979ca"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H359&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4005f834fbfcff0add8ab59e439c1010755e3db38cf4dcd399e1cdf16228c8a4"
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 359 (2001) — Viatical Settlements Rewrite-AB.

## 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/H359v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H359v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H359v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H359v4.pdf)
5. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H359v5.pdf)
6. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H359v6.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H359v7.pdf)
8. **SL 2001-436** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H359v8.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dockham — primary (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-12** Ch. SL 2001-436 `became-law`
- **2001-10-12** Signed By Gov. 10/12/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-04** Pres. To Gov. 10/4/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-10-03** Ratified
- **2001-10-02** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-10-01** Placed On Cal For 10/2/2001
- **2001-09-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-09-26** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-09-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-09-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-09-20** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-18** Placed On Cal For 9/20/2001
- **2001-09-18** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-09-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-09-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-08-29** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-08-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-08-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-08-13** Ref to Insurance and Consumer Protection. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-08-13** Rec From House
- **2001-08-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/7/2001
- **2001-08-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-08-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-06-19** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-01** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ed11106-58dd-4f4b-82d1-49dca6a979ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).