---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prelitigation Mediation of Insurance Claims."
description: "Prelitigation Mediation of Insurance Claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 775"
citation: "North Carolina SB 775 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "MOTOR VEHICLE", "MEDIATION & ARBITRATION", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TORTS", "SEN. DALTON", "SEN. HARTSELL", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-02"
last_action: "2003-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6c31b39-d08d-4185-a6df-67b52f89ab6b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S775&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ab87aa82ec7aa8bc00f863b5921cd5afda2c75b6a1404bd56936613ac1d3607e"
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 775 (2003) — Prelitigation Mediation of Insurance Claims.

## 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/S775v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S775v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S775v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S775v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S775v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S775v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2003-307** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S775v6.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-07** Ch. SL 2003-307 `became-law`
- **2003-07-07** Signed By Gov. 7/4/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-25** Ratified
- **2003-06-19** Conf Report Adopted
- **2003-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/19/2003
- **2003-06-18** Conf Com Reported
- **2003-06-18** Conf Rpt Com Sub Adopted
- **2003-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2003
- **2003-06-17** Conf Com Reported
- **2003-06-05** Conf Com Appointed
- **2003-06-05** Conf Com Appointed
- **2003-06-05** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2003-06-04** Placed On Cal For 6/5/2003
- **2003-06-04** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-06-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-02** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-29** Placed On Cal For 6/2/2003
- **2003-05-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-17** Ref To Com On Insurance `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`
- **2003-04-03** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6c31b39-d08d-4185-a6df-67b52f89ab6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).