---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Insurance: Licensed Prof'l. Counselor."
description: "Health Insurance: Licensed Prof'l. Counselor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 593"
citation: "North Carolina HB 593 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNSELING", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. ALEXANDER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-13"
last_action: "2001-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d1750de-743d-468c-b2c9-e6010b74d595"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H593&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "85d4d2c173387940410ba7ba3af91ed2e699c6fd2241eb2c04bf1a845a6489a8"
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 593 (2001) — Health Insurance: Licensed Prof'l. Counselor.

## 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/H593v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H593v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H593v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-297** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H593v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **39–9** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **91–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Holliman — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- Saunders — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-21** Ch. SL 2001-297 `became-law`
- **2001-07-21** Signed By Gov. 7/21/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-12** Pres. To Gov. 7/12/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-07-11** Ratified
- **2001-07-10** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2001
- **2001-07-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-03** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-06-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-06-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-06-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-10** Ref To Com On Insurance and Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-10** Rec From House
- **2001-04-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-04** Postponed To 4/9/2001
- **2001-04-03** Placed On Cal For 4/4/2001
- **2001-03-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-03-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-14** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d1750de-743d-468c-b2c9-e6010b74d595`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).