---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Information Privacy-AB."
description: "Insurance Information Privacy-AB."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 461"
citation: "North Carolina SB 461 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. WELLONS", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-14"
last_action: "2001-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24c4a104-49bd-465d-8c59-35c3a0963499"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S461&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b2657c47b3b745a997f0743cb6146f25efbe5584977822c403637062e772aa56"
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 461 (2001) — Insurance Information Privacy-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/Senate/PDF/S461v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S461v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S461v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S461v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S461v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-351** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S461v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Wellons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-09** Ch. SL 2001-351 `became-law`
- **2001-08-09** Signed By Gov. 8/9/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/2/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-01** Ratified
- **2001-07-31** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-30** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2001
- **2001-07-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-07-26** Placed On Cal For 7/30/2001
- **2001-07-26** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-07-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-07-24** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-23** Placed On Cal For 7/24/2001
- **2001-07-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-26** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-24** 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/24c4a104-49bd-465d-8c59-35c3a0963499`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).