---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNC Hospitals & Statewide Accts Receivable.AB"
description: "UNC Hospitals & Statewide Accts Receivable.AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 646"
citation: "North Carolina HB 646 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMERCE", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "EDUCATION", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "HOSPITALS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UNC", "REP. INSKO", "CHAPEL HILL", "ORANGE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ENGLAND", "REP. TARLETON", "REP. R. WARREN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["England", "Insko", "Tarleton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-14"
last_action: "2007-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97803d2d-8621-4631-8bcc-12fa1301208c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H646&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3b820fbe44fd504f547f8d64d60434675274411f2316d60057b18efd41120834"
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 646 (2007) — UNC Hospitals & Statewide Accts Receivable.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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H646v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H646v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H646v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-306** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H646v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur\Sen. Amd. 1 — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- England — primary (person)
- Insko — primary (person)
- Tarleton — primary (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- R. Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-28** Ch. SL 2007-306 `became-law`
- **2007-07-28** Signed By Gov. 7/28/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-18** Ratified
- **2007-07-17** Concurred In S Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2007
- **2007-07-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-12** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2007-07-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-10** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-03** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2007
- **2007-07-03** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-06-28** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-03** Ref to Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-03** Rec From House
- **2007-04-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-03-29** Placed On Cal For 4/2/2007
- **2007-03-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-03-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-15** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97803d2d-8621-4631-8bcc-12fa1301208c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).