---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers Comp Coverage/Public Records."
description: "Workers Comp Coverage/Public Records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 44"
citation: "North Carolina SB 44 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "EMPLOYMENT", "INDUSTRIAL COMN.", "INSURANCE", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WORKERS COMPENSATION", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-04"
last_action: "2013-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf906ff9-be5e-4ec2-bd1c-371670fc0138"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S44&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3b864ae365f8058e8fc1455e453d75971f4bf533fcfe5a648f1444f937978118"
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 44 (2013) — Workers Comp Coverage/Public Records.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S44v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S44v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S44v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S44v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-20** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S44v4.pdf)

## Votes

- SECOND READING — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-04-03** Ch. SL 2013-20 `became-law`
- **2013-04-03** Signed by Gov. 4/3/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-01** Pres. To Gov. 04/01/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-03-28** Ratified
- **2013-03-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-03-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-03-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-26** Postponed To 03/27/2013
- **2013-03-21** Placed On Cal For 03/26/2013
- **2013-03-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-03-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-04** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-28** Rec From Senate
- **2013-02-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-02-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-02-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-02-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-05** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf906ff9-be5e-4ec2-bd1c-371670fc0138`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).