---
type: "Bill"
title: "Divison of Atty's Fees in Workers' Comp."
description: "Divison of Atty's Fees in Workers' Comp."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 168"
citation: "North Carolina HB 168 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "BOARDS", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "COURT COSTS & FEES", "COURTS", "DHHS", "EMPLOYMENT", "FEES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "INDUSTRIAL COMN.", "INSURANCE", "LABORATORIES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEDICAL BOARD", "OCCUPATIONS", "PATHOLOGY", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "WORKERS COMPENSATION", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-27"
last_action: "2013-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7170a1fb-d0cf-45ca-99ef-b9c5e14b6613"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H168&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8cc802ce4b71cc1d6dd6576f904bc1381074389876565f850c858275a50b30ba"
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 168 (2013) — Divison of Atty's Fees in Workers' Comp.

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H168v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATG-32-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/6608/0/H168-ATG-32-V-3)
3. **A2: ATG-32-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/6642/0/H168-ATG-32-V-4)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H168v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H168v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H168v3.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H168v4.pdf)
8. **SL2013-278** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H168v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Amendment 2 — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur Sen. Amd. 2 — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Murry — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-18** Ch. SL 2013-278 `became-law`
- **2013-07-18** Signed by Gov. 7/18/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-15** Pres. To Gov. 7/12/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-11** Ratified
- **2013-07-10** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-10** Concurred In S Amend SA2 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-09** Placed On Cal For 07/10/2013
- **2013-07-09** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-07-09** Rec To Concur In S Amend 2
- **2013-07-09** Rec From Senate
- **2013-07-09** Withdrawn From Senate Clerk's Office
- **2013-07-03** Held in Senate Clerk's Office
- **2013-07-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-03** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-03** Amendment Withdrawn 1 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2013-07-03** Amend Recon A1
- **2013-07-03** Reconsidered 2nd Reading
- **2013-07-02** Placed On Cal For 07/03/2013
- **2013-07-02** Reconsidered 3rd Reading
- **2013-07-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-02** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-01** Placed On Cal For 07/02/2013
- **2013-07-01** Withdrawn From Senate Clerk's Office
- **2013-06-27** Held in Senate Clerk's Office
- **2013-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2013
- **2013-06-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-24** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-05-15** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-15** Rec From House
- **2013-05-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-13** Placed On Cal For 05/14/2013
- **2013-05-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-09** Re-ref Com On Commerce and Job Development `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-02-28** Ref To Com On Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7170a1fb-d0cf-45ca-99ef-b9c5e14b6613`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).