---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorize Insurance for Former Employees."
description: "Authorize Insurance for Former Employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 468"
citation: "North Carolina SB 468 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "EMPLOYMENT", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. MCKISSICK"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-05"
last_action: "2009-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c9166d6-90bf-48c7-a56c-75c1bf017220"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S468&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "44d4714f343140bc0309448fe0f7512245b1c98456d04cbb75899d87b9ad805d"
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 468 (2009) — Authorize Insurance for Former Employees.

## 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/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S468v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARO-18-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1835/0/S468-ARO-18-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S468v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S468v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S468v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S468v4.pdf)
7. **SL2009-564** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S468v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **43–1** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **105–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Clary — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Foriest — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Goodall — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Vaughan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-28** Ch. SL 2009-564 `became-law`
- **2009-08-28** Signed By Gov. 8/28/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-07** Pres. To Gov. 8/7/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-07** Ratified
- **2009-08-06** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-08-06** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-08-05** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-05** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-08-05** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-05** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-07-23** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-07-23** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-07-23** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2009-07-23** Placed On Cal For 7/23/2009
- **2009-07-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-06-24** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-24** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-06-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-22** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2009
- **2009-06-22** Withdrawn from Cal 6/29/2009 `withdrawal`
- **2009-06-22** Postponed To 6/29/2009
- **2009-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/22/2009
- **2009-06-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-03** Re-ref Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-19** Ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-14** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-14** Placed On Cal For 5/14/2009
- **2009-05-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-05-14** Re-ref Com On Pensions & Retirement & Aging `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-05-14** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-09** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement & Aging `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c9166d6-90bf-48c7-a56c-75c1bf017220`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).