---
type: "Bill"
title: "Long-Term Disability Amendment."
description: "Long-Term Disability Amendment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 1738"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1738 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTUARIAL NOTES", "EMPLOYMENT", "INSURANCE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. DALTON", "CHAPTERED", "INSURANCE", "DISABILITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-05-22"
last_action: "2006-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f58066a-3750-49cc-bc61-f48136fac7e0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S1738&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bc583bd3acec0ec0f49eeb600eafd0d9794f5642dea8ea2b0689b5b16f65dd67"
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 1738 (2005) — Long-Term Disability Amendment.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1738v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1738v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1738v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1738v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1738v4.pdf)
6. **SL2006-74** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1738v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dalton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-07-11** Ch. SL 2006-74 `became-law`
- **2006-07-11** Signed By Gov. 7/10/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-03** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-30** Ratified
- **2006-06-29** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2006-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2006
- **2006-06-28** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2006-06-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-26** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2006
- **2006-06-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-06-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-13** Ref To Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-13** Rec From Senate
- **2006-06-08** Engrossed
- **2006-06-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-08** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2006-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-06** Re-ref Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-06** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2006-06-05** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-05** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2006-05-23** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f58066a-3750-49cc-bc61-f48136fac7e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).