---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Cost Transp/Speaker and PPT Standing."
description: "Health Cost Transp/Speaker and PPT Standing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 473"
citation: "North Carolina SB 473 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "CORPORATIONS", "NONPROFIT", "COURTS", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "DHHS", "GARNISHMENT", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HOSPITALS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MEDICAID", "MEDICAL CARE COMN.", "MEDICAL RECORDS", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RADIOLOGY", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SPEAKER", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STUDIES", "TEACHERS", "STATE HEALTH PLAN", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucho"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-27"
last_action: "2013-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ad67cc5-4c82-41fc-b917-f0c73816c53e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S473&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7ce17ec76befa3025f329f9b80add9e4141492121d810a81e0d6c5f2a0fd7581"
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 473 (2013) — Health Cost Transp/Speaker and PPT Standing.

## 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/S473v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/7490/0/S473-A-NBC-523)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S473v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S473v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S473v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S473v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S473v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S473v6.pdf)
9. **SL2013-393** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S473v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **34–7** (pass) · upper
- A1 Stam Third Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rucho — primary (person)
- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Harrington — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Meredith — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-08-23** Ch. SL 2013-393 `became-law`
- **2013-08-23** Signed by Gov. 8/23/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-26** Pres. To Gov. 07/29/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-26** Ratified
- **2013-07-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-26** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-26** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2013-07-26** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-07-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-26** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-26** Added to Calendar
- **2013-07-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-25** Added to Calendar
- **2013-07-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-07-25** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-07-25** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-07-24** Placed On Cal For 07/25/2013
- **2013-07-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-07-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-07-22** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-07-22** Serial Referral To Finance Stricken
- **2013-05-14** Ref to the Com on Health and Human Services, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-13** Rec From Senate
- **2013-05-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-05-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-25** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-28** Ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ad67cc5-4c82-41fc-b917-f0c73816c53e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).