---
type: "Bill"
title: "Autism Health Insurance Coverage."
description: "Autism Health Insurance Coverage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 676"
citation: "North Carolina SB 676 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Apodaca"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-26"
last_action: "2015-10-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6dd01c0-e034-46d1-bff4-3ec2fbb4d81b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S676&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f06cb3c0b8c6b7a9e9e90f160938603206a89e4d9a106ba9aad5cbbf0c237760"
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 676 (2015) — Autism Health Insurance Coverage.

## 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/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S676v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATU-44-V-8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/6479/0/S676-ATU-44-V-8)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S676v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S676v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S676v3.pdf)
6. **SL2015-271** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S676v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **103–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — primary (person)
- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Tarte — cosponsor (person)
- Van Duyn — cosponsor (person)
- Woodard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-10-15** Ch. SL 2015-271 `became-law`
- **2015-10-15** Signed by Gov. 10/15/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-30** Pres. To Gov. 09/30/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-09-29** Ratified
- **2015-09-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-09-29** Concurred In H Amend S676v2 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-28** Placed On Cal For 09/29/2015
- **2015-09-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Amend
- **2015-09-28** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-09-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-09-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-09-28** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-28** Added to Calendar
- **2015-09-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-09-28** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-06-30** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-30** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Added
- **2015-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-27** Re-ref Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-30** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-29** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-29** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-23** Placed On Cal For 04/28/2015
- **2015-04-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-23** Re-ref Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-21** Re-ref to Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-20** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-30** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6dd01c0-e034-46d1-bff4-3ec2fbb4d81b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).