---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unauthorized Insurer Misconduct.-AB"
description: "Unauthorized Insurer Misconduct.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 577"
citation: "North Carolina SB 577 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. DALTON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-15"
last_action: "2005-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41ffe197-dd17-4d0b-a04b-9fa4a2817d4f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S577&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e3bbc2c7b6aeced25b624303a44df285376a41c35253e4de5ac93420aea9e508"
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 577 (2005) — Unauthorized Insurer Misconduct.-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/Senate/PDF/S577v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S577v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S577v2.pdf)
4. **SL2005-209** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S577v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-07-20** Ch. SL 2005-209 `became-law`
- **2005-07-20** Signed By Gov. 7/20/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-14** Pres. To Gov. 7/14/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-13** Ratified
- **2005-07-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-07-11** Placed On Cal For 7/12/2005
- **2005-07-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-07-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-11** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-11** Rec From Senate
- **2005-04-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-16** Ref To Com On Commerce `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/41ffe197-dd17-4d0b-a04b-9fa4a2817d4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).