---
type: "Bill"
title: "Portable Electronics Insurance Coverage."
description: "Portable Electronics Insurance Coverage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 617"
citation: "North Carolina HB 617 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "FEES", "INSURANCE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "REP. DOCKHAM", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-05"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7df8a47b-13d4-4417-b78e-462e1646e817"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H617&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ff0ea5f886b62f72220ab74e88601d1d018282935e812e7bc603c38294062a52"
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 617 (2011) — Portable Electronics Insurance Coverage.

## 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/H617v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H617v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H617v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H617v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-225** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H617v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- K. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-225 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/16/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-15** Ratified
- **2011-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-06** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-06** Rec From House
- **2011-06-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-03** Placed On Cal For 6/3/2011
- **2011-06-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-18** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-06** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7df8a47b-13d4-4417-b78e-462e1646e817`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).