---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disapprove Industrial Commission Rules."
description: "Disapprove Industrial Commission Rules."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 794"
citation: "North Carolina SB 794 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMIN. PROCEDURE OVERSIGHT COMM.", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INDUSTRIAL COMN.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RULES OBJECTION FILED", "CHAPTERED", "MEDICAL EQUIPMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-05-19"
last_action: "2014-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb2968b8-d4c9-45ff-a861-407f1d061ea4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S794&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "208cb8f2366ad79b926d9f86709de1d86e642db8480b64e0e638a5b7948edb73"
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 794 (2013) — Disapprove Industrial Commission Rules.

## 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/S794v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASU-55-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/8953/0/S794-ASU-55-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S794v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S794v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S794v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S794v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S794v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S794v6.pdf)
9. **SL2014-77** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S794v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-07-22** Ch. SL 2014-77 `became-law`
- **2014-07-22** Signed by Gov. 7/22/2014 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-16** Pres. To Gov. 07/16/2014 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-07-15** Ratified
- **2014-07-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2014-07-14** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-10** Placed On Cal For 07/14/2014
- **2014-07-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2014-07-08** Placed On Cal For 07/10/2014
- **2014-07-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2014-07-03** Placed On Cal For 07/09/2014
- **2014-07-03** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2014-07-02** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2014-07-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2014-07-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-07-01** Placed On Cal For 07/02/2014
- **2014-07-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2014-07-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-06-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-06-23** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2014-06-23** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2014-06-19** Engrossed
- **2014-06-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2014-06-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-06-19** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2014-06-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-05-20** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-05-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb2968b8-d4c9-45ff-a861-407f1d061ea4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).