---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mutual Insurance Holding Companies."
description: "Mutual Insurance Holding Companies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 647"
citation: "North Carolina SB 647 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "INCORPORATION", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "CHAPTERED", "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER", "SEN. RUCHO"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-18"
last_action: "2012-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c0af7d8-acf6-4887-9206-7249d40aea91"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S647&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3cb43cf60a52148c59962692a1f02ea6e58754c23fc38a5101856194ebde39ee"
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 647 (2011) — Mutual Insurance Holding Companies.

## 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/S647v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S647v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S647v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S647v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S647v4.pdf)
6. **SL2012-161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S647v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 8\To Adopt — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rucho — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-07-12** Ch. SL 2012-161 `became-law`
- **2012-07-12** Signed By Gov. 7/12/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-28** Ratified
- **2012-06-27** Conf Report Adopted
- **2012-06-27** Conf Report Adopted
- **2012-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2012
- **2012-06-27** Conf Com Reported
- **2012-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2012
- **2012-06-27** Conf Com Reported
- **2012-06-26** Conf Com Appointed
- **2012-06-26** Conf Com Appointed
- **2012-06-26** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2012-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2012
- **2012-06-25** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2012-06-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-20** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2012
- **2012-06-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-19** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-09** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/8/2011
- **2011-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-07** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-06-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-19** Ref to Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c0af7d8-acf6-4887-9206-7249d40aea91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).