---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise Professional Employer Organization Act."
description: "Revise Professional Employer Organization Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 685"
citation: "North Carolina SB 685 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "EMPLOYMENT", "FEES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "SEN. BINGHAM", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-17"
last_action: "2005-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e66ddf73-4bc9-4e84-8b3f-b0a375fae514"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S685&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "021d1aa543ae8687fa5ebfcca4b4451890c1905b97f1bcb3e85a955bd9f57f6d"
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 685 (2005) — Revise Professional Employer Organization 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/Senate/PDF/S685v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S685v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S685v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S685v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S685v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S685v5.pdf)
7. **SL2005-124** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S685v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **118–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-06-29** Ch. SL 2005-124 `became-law`
- **2005-06-29** Signed By Gov. 6/29/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/23/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-23** Ratified
- **2005-06-22** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-06-22** Placed On Cal For 6/22/2005
- **2005-06-22** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2005-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-06-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-06-20** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2005
- **2005-06-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-17** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-05-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-30** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-29** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-29** Rec From Senate
- **2005-03-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-03-29** Placed On Cal For 3/29/2005
- **2005-03-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-24** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-03-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-21** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e66ddf73-4bc9-4e84-8b3f-b0a375fae514`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).