---
type: "Bill"
title: "Surplus Lines/Premium Tax.-AB"
description: "Surplus Lines/Premium Tax.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 321"
citation: "North Carolina SB 321 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "INTERSTATE COOPERATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. APODACA", "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-10"
last_action: "2011-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b079b94-e121-4000-b433-0fd3631dbf30"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S321&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "dc998a4c6e3042ed2caa4c14f0d260fb90d2f00b5eab00f7e44659e08e942f0e"
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 321 (2011) — Surplus Lines/Premium Tax.-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/Senate/PDF/S321v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S321v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S321v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S321v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S321v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S321v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S321v6.pdf)
8. **SL2011-120** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S321v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-13** Ch. SL 2011-120 `became-law`
- **2011-06-13** Signed By Gov. 6/13/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-09** Pres. To Gov. 6/9/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-08** Ratified
- **2011-06-07** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-06** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2011
- **2011-06-06** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-06-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-01** Placed On Cal For 6/2/2011
- **2011-06-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-01** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-18** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-12** Serial Referral to Finance added
- **2011-05-09** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-05-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-14** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-04-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-14** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b079b94-e121-4000-b433-0fd3631dbf30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).