---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' Comp. Self-Insurance Security."
description: "Workers' Comp. Self-Insurance Security."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 319"
citation: "North Carolina SB 319 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "CORPORATIONS", "NON-PROFIT", "EMPLOYMENT", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SMALL BUSINESSES", "WORKERS COMPENSATION", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "CHAPTERED", "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-02"
last_action: "2005-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e6ae307-3be4-43ab-a3da-c55acf53f929"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S319&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "519c31c1bb74df1fa2d293a1cdeb13735f55d666539f61d3fdc664184ac6512a"
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 319 (2005) — Workers' Comp. Self-Insurance Security.

## 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/S319v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S319v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S319v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S319v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S319v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S319v5.pdf)
7. **SL2005-400** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S319v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **108–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berger of Rockingham — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-14** Ch. SL 2005-400 `became-law`
- **2005-09-14** Signed By Gov. 9/14/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-26** Pres. To Gov. 8/24/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-24** Ratified
- **2005-08-24** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-24** Placed On Cal For 8/24/2005
- **2005-08-24** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2005-08-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-24** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2005-08-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-07-06** Re-ref Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2005-07-06** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-05-27** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-27** Rec From Senate
- **2005-05-25** Engrossed
- **2005-05-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-25** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-24** Placed On Cal For 5/25/2005
- **2005-05-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-05-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-05-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-03** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e6ae307-3be4-43ab-a3da-c55acf53f929`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).