---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Health Plan/ Plan Yr.Change."
description: "State Health Plan/ Plan Yr.Change."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1593"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1593 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CALENDAR", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TSECMMP", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FOLWELL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coleman", "Folwell", "Samuelson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-18"
last_action: "2007-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/199a8e87-2270-49b6-b5f0-ccb93aaafbe5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1593&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "393b42e5a80ad3901d0261753753871f260096100fbeaf93f07f3481e6dedb4c"
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 HB 1593 (2007) — State Health Plan/ Plan Yr.Change.

## 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1593v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1593v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1593v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1593v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1593v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-521** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1593v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coleman — primary (person)
- Folwell — primary (person)
- Samuelson — primary (person)
- Avila — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-31** Ch. SL 2007-521 `became-law`
- **2007-08-31** Signed By Gov. 8/31/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/3/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-02** Ratified
- **2007-08-02** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-02** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2007
- **2007-08-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-08-02** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-08-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-08-02** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2007
- **2007-08-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-08-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-31** Ref To Com On Select Committee on Employee Hospital and Medical Benefits `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-31** Rec From House
- **2007-07-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-30** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2007
- **2007-07-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-19** Ref To Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/199a8e87-2270-49b6-b5f0-ccb93aaafbe5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).