---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' Comp/Definition of Employee."
description: "Workers' Comp/Definition of Employee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 776"
citation: "North Carolina SB 776 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEFINITIONS", "EMPLOYMENT", "INSURANCE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WORKERS COMPENSATION", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "SEN. DALTON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-02"
last_action: "2003-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f655028-2e52-48d5-a43e-01433380f5fa"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S776&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d9d438dd9e5d3fb1c528aa331088caa93390f0176f6e1bd4eea0dbd3feb3b92f"
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 776 (2003) — Workers' Comp/Definition of Employee.

## 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/S776v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S776v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S776v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S776v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S776v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S776v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballantine — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-09** Ch. SL 2003-156 `became-law`
- **2003-06-09** Signed By Gov. 6/4/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-02** Pres. To Gov. 5/29/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-28** Ratified
- **2003-05-27** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-22** Placed On Cal For 5/27/2003
- **2003-05-22** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-05-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-20** Placed On Cal For 5/21/2003
- **2003-05-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-29** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-03** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `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/8f655028-2e52-48d5-a43e-01433380f5fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).