---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Amendments.-AB"
description: "Insurance Amendments.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 298"
citation: "North Carolina HB 298 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "COMMITTEES", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "EMPLOYMENT", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEDICARE", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "REP. DOCKHAM", "CHAPTERED", "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-09"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0b903d8-55a8-4b89-a15b-02b8b3287af3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H298&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f224845d312ad6c70a3f73aa1d536a0c87b675920b8323aaecb8ba9bd3676784"
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 298 (2011) — Insurance Amendments.-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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H298v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H298v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H298v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H298v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H298v4.pdf)
6. **SL2011-196** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H298v5.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-18** Ch. SL 2011-196 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-14** Ratified
- **2011-06-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/13/2011
- **2011-06-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/9/2011
- **2011-06-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-26** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Rec From House
- **2011-05-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-24** Placed On Cal For 5/25/2011
- **2011-05-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-19** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-27** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-10** Ref to the Com on Insurance, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0b903d8-55a8-4b89-a15b-02b8b3287af3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).