---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Health Plan/20-Year Vesting."
description: "State Health Plan/20-Year Vesting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 837"
citation: "North Carolina SB 837 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTUARIAL NOTES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TSECMMP", "SEN. KERR", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-22"
last_action: "2006-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00de7f0d-4a24-4221-b8e5-fb7e2ef7895e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S837&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f35dcde23ef26775d280d30d011a16895e5fa05b967090c7d63150be41d3d9ab"
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 837 (2005) — State Health Plan/20-Year Vesting.

## 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/S837v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S837v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S837v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S837v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S837v4.pdf)
6. **SL2006-174** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S837v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **109–5** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kerr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-08-01** Ch. SL 2006-174 `became-law`
- **2006-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-18** Ratified
- **2006-07-17** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2006
- **2006-07-13** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2006-07-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2006-07-11** Postponed To 7/12/2006
- **2006-07-10** Postponed To 7/11/2006
- **2006-07-10** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2006-06-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-06-29** Placed On Cal For 6/30/2006
- **2006-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-08-18** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2005-08-18** Rec From Senate
- **2005-08-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-12** Placed On Cal For 8/13/2005
- **2005-08-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-08-12** Placed On Cal For 8/12/2005
- **2005-08-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-23** Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00de7f0d-4a24-4221-b8e5-fb7e2ef7895e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).