---
type: "Bill"
title: "UI Fund Solvency & Program Changes."
description: "UI Fund Solvency & Program Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 4"
citation: "North Carolina HB 4 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "COMMERCE", "COMMERCE DEPT.", "COMMITTEES", "EMPLOYMENT", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "DEBT/STATE GOVERNMENT", "STUDIES", "TAXATION", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "CHAPTERED", "UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE OVERSIGHT COMM."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Starnes", "Warren"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-01-30"
last_action: "2013-02-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6eb337bb-922d-4758-a8fe-43fc40fd6fef"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H4&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0a4b123d4f7f893fe6f5ab1500a23f01f9ec9ce56cf0a95ec2e4cb39efda163c"
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 4 (2013) — UI Fund Solvency & Program Changes.

## 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/H4v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H4v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H4v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H4v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H4v4.pdf)
6. **SL2013-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H4v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **36–13** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **36–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Starnes — primary (person)
- Warren — primary (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Avila — cosponsor (person)
- B. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgardner — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Langdon — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Murry — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brawley — cosponsor (person)
- Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- W. Brawley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-19** Ch. SL 2013-2 `became-law`
- **2013-02-19** Signed by Gov. 2/19/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-02-14** Pres. To Gov. 02/14/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-02-14** Ratified
- **2013-02-13** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-02-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-02-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-02-12** Amend Failed A5 `amendment-failure`
- **2013-02-12** Amend Failed A4 `amendment-failure`
- **2013-02-12** Amend Failed A3 `amendment-failure`
- **2013-02-12** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2013-02-12** Amendment Withdrawn A1 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2013-02-06** Placed On Cal For 02/12/2013
- **2013-02-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-06** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-06** Rec From House
- **2013-02-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-02-05** Amend Failed A8 `amendment-failure`
- **2013-02-05** Amend Failed A7 `amendment-failure`
- **2013-02-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-02-04** Amend Failed A6 `amendment-failure`
- **2013-02-04** Amend Failed A5 `amendment-failure`
- **2013-02-04** Amend Failed A4 `amendment-failure`
- **2013-02-04** Amend Failed A3 `amendment-failure`
- **2013-02-04** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2013-02-04** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2013-01-31** Placed On Cal For 02/04/2013
- **2013-01-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-01-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-01-31** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-01-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-01-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6eb337bb-922d-4758-a8fe-43fc40fd6fef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).