---
type: "Bill"
title: "HMO Cease and Desist."
description: "HMO Cease and Desist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 168"
citation: "North Carolina SB 168 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HMOS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "MANAGED CARE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. WELLONS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-15"
last_action: "2001-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76cfc3cb-5efa-4378-b41e-5b0461f6b1f2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S168&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7803150ef907761b14c604e42bb9c9b97c72113f9cc2d551a673c5e8494ec6d7"
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 168 (2001) — HMO Cease and Desist.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S168v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S168v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S168v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S168v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wellons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-03-22** Ch. SL 2001-5 `became-law`
- **2001-03-22** Signed By Gov. 3/22/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-03-15** Pres. To Gov. 3/15/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-03-15** Ratified
- **2001-03-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-03-12** Placed On Cal For 3/13/2001
- **2001-03-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-03-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-28** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-28** Rec From Senate
- **2001-02-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-02-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-02-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-15** Ref To Com On Insurance and Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76cfc3cb-5efa-4378-b41e-5b0461f6b1f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).