---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care Sharing Organizations."
description: "Health Care Sharing Organizations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 608"
citation: "North Carolina SB 608 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORPORATIONS", "NONPROFIT", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. HUNT", "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER", "NGOS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-14"
last_action: "2011-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d26ae9fc-dc74-4408-be51-6ab811794347"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S608&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "84509892f85c8d8daef24970b63e988ad1a084e76ebaf4947ca9ff3a813a9be2"
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 608 (2011) — Health Care Sharing Organizations.

## 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/S608v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S608v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S608v2.pdf)
4. **SL2011-103** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S608v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–2** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Rabon — cosponsor (person)
- Soucek — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-02** Ch. SL 2011-103 `became-law`
- **2011-06-02** Signed By Gov. 6/2/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-05-27** Pres. To Gov. 5/27/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-05-26** Ratified
- **2011-05-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-24** Placed On Cal For 5/25/2011
- **2011-05-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-03** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-19** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d26ae9fc-dc74-4408-be51-6ab811794347`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).