---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Changes-AB."
description: "Insurance Changes-AB."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 738"
citation: "North Carolina HB 738 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "BUILDING CODES", "CODE OFFICIALS BOARD", "COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "DEATH & DYING", "ELECTRONIC COMMERCE", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOUSING", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "INSURANCE", "LIABILITY", "INSURANCE", "LIFE", "INSURANCE", "MOTOR VEHICLE", "INVESTMENTS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOANS", "MANAGED CARE", "MORTGAGES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SECURITIES", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "TELESERVICES", "TITLE CHANGE", "TSECMMP", "REP. HOLLIMAN", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GOFORTH", "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER", "HEALTH INSURANCE POOL BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goforth"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-14"
last_action: "2008-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32c4a146-c5d9-4b68-8f1b-cae6de252242"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H738&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "942fcbd051e93f448c1d9bc5f3a62b647e0dc96c437bdecf1bc0b3f4f4fd375c"
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 738 (2007) — Insurance Changes-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/H738v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H738v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H738v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H738v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H738v4.pdf)
6. **SL2008-124** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H738v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Amendment 2 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **117–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goforth — primary (person)
- Holliman — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-07-28** Ch. SL 2008-124 `became-law`
- **2008-07-28** Signed By Gov. 7/28/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-09** Pres. To Gov. 7/9/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-08** Ratified
- **2008-07-07** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-03** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2008
- **2008-07-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-01** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2008-06-30** Engrossed
- **2008-06-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2008-06-30** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-06-26** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-16** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-16** Rec From House
- **2007-04-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-10** Placed On Cal For 4/11/2007
- **2007-04-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-15** Ref To Com On Insurance `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/32c4a146-c5d9-4b68-8f1b-cae6de252242`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).