---
type: "Bill"
title: "Open Enrollment/Contributory Death Benefit."
description: "Open Enrollment/Contributory Death Benefit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 720"
citation: "North Carolina SB 720 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CJRS", "DEATH & DYING", "DEATH BENEFITS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LIFE", "JUDGES", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LRS", "MAGISTRATES", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TSERS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. ATWATER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-13"
last_action: "2007-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62d97e51-c9ed-4b4e-b42a-bb7bef3b9f14"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S720&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "72c9630e49e3426f0e1bf63c9080f8c9c75945fea173568278104d3750114be2"
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 720 (2007) — Open Enrollment/Contributory Death Benefit.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S720v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S720v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S720v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S720v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S720v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-388** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S720v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Boseman — cosponsor (person)
- Brunstetter — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- East — cosponsor (person)
- Foriest — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-19** Ch. SL 2007-388 `became-law`
- **2007-08-19** Signed By Gov. 8/19/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-25** Pres. To Gov. 7/25/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-24** Ratified
- **2007-07-23** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/23/2007
- **2007-07-19** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-07-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-12** Postponed To 7/18/2007
- **2007-07-11** Placed On Cal For 7/12/2007
- **2007-07-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-23** Ref To Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-05-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-14** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62d97e51-c9ed-4b4e-b42a-bb7bef3b9f14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).