---
type: "Bill"
title: "Arbitration/Negligent Health Care Claims."
description: "Arbitration/Negligent Health Care Claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1671"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1671 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "DEATH & DYING", "HEALTH SERVICES", "MALPRACTICE", "MEDIATION & ARBITRATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "TORTS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ENGLAND", "REP. GLAZIER", "REP. RAPP", "CIVIL ACTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["England", "Glazier", "Rapp"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-18"
last_action: "2007-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3a162ae-782f-4d63-a79a-7f16a730d51a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1671&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "fa9b1479030a3f3f46c9d501db44ba4d7bbb915cd12b71c6a7fd94a84d751e93"
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 1671 (2007) — Arbitration/Negligent Health Care Claims.

## 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/H1671v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1671v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1671v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1671v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1671v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1671v5.pdf)
7. **SL2007-541** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1671v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- England — primary (person)
- Glazier — primary (person)
- Rapp — primary (person)
- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Bordsen — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Current — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Justus — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- R. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Steen — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-31** Ch. SL 2007-541 `became-law`
- **2007-08-31** Signed By Gov. 8/31/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-23** Pres. To Gov. 7/23/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-23** Ratified
- **2007-07-19** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2007
- **2007-07-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-18** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-07-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-22** Ref To Com On Judiciary I (Civil) `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-22** Rec From House
- **2007-05-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-17** Placed On Cal For 5/21/2007
- **2007-05-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-17** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-15** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-19** Ref to the Com on Health and, if favorable, to the Com on Judiciary I `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/c3a162ae-782f-4d63-a79a-7f16a730d51a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).