---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Producer Licensing."
description: "Insurance Producer Licensing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 318"
citation: "North Carolina SB 318 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "INSURANCE", "LIFE", "INSURANCE", "MOTOR VEHICLE", "INSURANCE", "PROPERTY", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONAL TESTING", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. WELLONS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-01"
last_action: "2001-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b90ae7dd-4680-4714-8e97-2873435f28d1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S318&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "af4e474000921a90af3d8ba143a4e486203b711eaaebfba1107b20d60962821c"
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 318 (2001) — Insurance Producer Licensing.

## 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/S318v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S318v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S318v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S318v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-203** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S318v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wellons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-06-15** Ch. SL 2001-203 `became-law`
- **2001-06-15** Signed By Gov. 6/15/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-06** Pres. To Gov. 6/6/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-06-05** Ratified
- **2001-06-04** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-31** Placed On Cal For 6/4/2001
- **2001-05-31** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-05-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-29** Placed On Cal For 5/30/2001
- **2001-05-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-26** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-05** Ref To Com On Insurance and Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b90ae7dd-4680-4714-8e97-2873435f28d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).