---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Workers' Comp. Act."
description: "Amend Workers' Comp. Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 99"
citation: "North Carolina HB 99 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "APPOINTMENTS", "COMMITTEES", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "DMV", "EMPLOYMENT", "ENVIRONMENT", "FORESTRY", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MEMBERSHIP", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NARCOTICS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "REPORTS", "SPEAKER", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "WORKERS COMPENSATION", "REP. GIBSON", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE", "CHAPTERED", "WORKERS COMPENSATION STUDY COMM."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-03"
last_action: "2005-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9632a39d-c21d-4011-bae2-7d4867b80b6c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H99&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f39f3bce1932f6b04fb6ae18ce11bf2b7f3f007847aba51f906ec774b874da6d"
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 99 (2005) — Amend Workers' Comp. Act.

## 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/H99v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H99v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H99v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H99v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H99v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-448** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H99v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **101–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gibson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-29** Ch. SL 2005-448 `became-law`
- **2005-09-29** Signed By Gov. 9/29/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-24** Pres. To Gov. 8/24/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-24** Ratified
- **2005-08-23** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-18** Placed On Cal For 8/22/2005
- **2005-08-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-16** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-08-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-12** Placed On Cal For 8/12/2005
- **2005-08-12** Com Amend Adpt & Engross # 1
- **2005-08-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-08-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-08-10** Re-ref Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2005-08-10** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-03-16** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-16** Rec From House
- **2005-03-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-03-14** Placed On Cal For 3/15/2005
- **2005-03-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-03-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-02-07** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9632a39d-c21d-4011-bae2-7d4867b80b6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).