---
type: "Bill"
title: "Customer Inquiries/Insurance Coverage."
description: "Customer Inquiries/Insurance Coverage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 486"
citation: "North Carolina SB 486 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "COMMUNICATIONS", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "PROPERTY", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. QUEEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-19"
last_action: "2004-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/115fea04-1bdb-4f81-8ee3-ba3b93929721"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S486&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b348cc4f39997c9778ee41feb105eb50298b6bcf734e8932acb392297c521f4e"
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 486 (2003) — Customer Inquiries/Insurance Coverage.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S486v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S486v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S486v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S486v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S486v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S486v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2004-111** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S486v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Hargett — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Holloman — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Shubert — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-17** Ch. SL 2004-111 `became-law`
- **2004-07-17** Signed By Gov. 7/17/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-08** Pres. To Gov. 7/8/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-07** Ratified
- **2004-07-06** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/6/2004
- **2004-07-01** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-28** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-28** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2004-06-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-23** Placed On Cal For 6/24/2004
- **2004-06-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-09** Re-ref Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-09** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2004-06-08** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2004-06-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-19** Re-ref Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-19** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-04-17** Ref To Com On Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-17** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/115fea04-1bdb-4f81-8ee3-ba3b93929721`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).