---
type: "Bill"
title: "Better Insurance/Annuity Disclosure.-AB"
description: "Better Insurance/Annuity Disclosure.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 655"
citation: "North Carolina HB 655 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "DEATH & DYING", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LIFE", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. HOLLIMAN", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-15"
last_action: "2005-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e50ae7f-4648-4f29-87ac-5ec14fbef7ae"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H655&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "268ff10e38115448b95c577a6264690dbb2796ec0b433acee1cb9559eef060ac"
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 HB 655 (2005) — Better Insurance/Annuity Disclosure.-AB

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H655v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H655v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H655v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H655v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H655v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H655v5.pdf)
7. **SL2005-234** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H655v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Holliman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-08-01** Ch. SL 2005-234 `became-law`
- **2005-08-01** Signed By Gov. 7/29/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-25** Pres. To Gov. 7/22/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-21** Ratified
- **2005-07-20** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/20/2005
- **2005-07-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-07-14** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-07-13** Engrossed
- **2005-07-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-07-13** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/13/2005
- **2005-07-07** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-07-05** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2005
- **2005-07-05** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/5/2005
- **2005-06-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-06-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-02** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-02** Rec From House
- **2005-04-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-26** Placed On Cal For 4/27/2005
- **2005-04-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-16** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e50ae7f-4648-4f29-87ac-5ec14fbef7ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).