---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Financial Amendments."
description: "Insurance Financial Amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 459"
citation: "North Carolina SB 459 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "FISCAL NOTES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "CASUALTY", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "INSURANCE", "LIFE", "INSURANCE", "TITLE", "INTERNATIONAL TRADE", "INVESTMENTS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "TITLE CHANGE", "WORKERS COMPENSATION", "SEN. WELLONS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-14"
last_action: "2001-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f342a9d2-d45d-4e2a-ae16-cf4f18efc337"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S459&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a3eeeff2c55f9f00ae3d35e5971bb5d43838222979bde41bcff187744685c2cb"
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 459 (2001) — Insurance Financial Amendments.

## 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/S459v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S459v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S459v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-223** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S459v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **108–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wellons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-06-15** Ch. SL 2001-223 `became-law`
- **2001-06-15** Signed By Gov. 6/15/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-07** Pres. To Gov. 6/7/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-06-06** Ratified
- **2001-06-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-06-04** Placed On Cal For 6/5/2001
- **2001-05-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-23** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-19** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-15** Ref To Com On Insurance and Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f342a9d2-d45d-4e2a-ae16-cf4f18efc337`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).