---
type: "Bill"
title: "No Set Fee/Noncovered Vision Services."
description: "No Set Fee/Noncovered Vision Services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 477"
citation: "North Carolina SB 477 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FEES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "OPTOMETRY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Meredith", "Newton"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-27"
last_action: "2014-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3cabd3a-a205-4602-8fa5-3a9361344710"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S477&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f76d337aa61a4ea16dd140794f63e2c4ecf277338b1fd2a293ea17fd3d21d6f9"
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 477 (2013) — No Set Fee/Noncovered Vision Services.

## 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/S477v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMM-19-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/5349/0/S477-AMM-19-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S477v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S477v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S477v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S477v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S477v5.pdf)
8. **SL2014-43** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S477v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **94–19** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **40–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Meredith — primary (person)
- Newton — primary (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis — cosponsor (person)
- Walters — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-06-30** Ch. SL 2014-43 `became-law`
- **2014-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2014 `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-24** Pres. To Gov. 06/24/2014 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-06-23** Ratified
- **2014-06-19** Ordered Enrolled
- **2014-06-19** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-18** Placed On Cal For 06/19/2014
- **2014-06-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2014-06-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-04** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2014-06-04** Regular Message sent to the Senate
- **2014-06-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2014-06-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-29** Placed On Cal For 06/03/2014
- **2014-05-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2014-05-28** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-05-27** Serial Referral To Judiciary Subcommittee A Added
- **2013-05-20** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Rec From Senate
- **2013-05-15** Engrossed
- **2013-05-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-15** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-05-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-28** Ref To Com On Insurance `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/d3cabd3a-a205-4602-8fa5-3a9361344710`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).