---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unemployment Insurance Technical Changes."
description: "Unemployment Insurance Technical Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 725"
citation: "North Carolina SB 725 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMERCE", "COMMERCE DEPT.", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "CHAPTERED", "BOARD OF REVIEW"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-04-25"
last_action: "2016-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6108f22-a011-49ea-bf41-f53845ee4e2b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S725&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "43b98eb0295b4d984cf981a1386c8f187cdf0ecdde2d062e109cb38de420bb41"
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 725 (2015) — Unemployment Insurance Technical Changes.

## 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/S725v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S725v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S725v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2016-4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S725v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rucho — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-05-11** Ch. SL 2016-4 `became-law`
- **2016-05-11** Signed by Gov. 5/11/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-10** Pres. To Gov. 05/10/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-09** Ratified
- **2016-05-05** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-05-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-05-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-03** Placed On Cal For 05/04/2016
- **2016-05-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2016-05-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-05-02** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-05-02** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2016-05-02** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2016-04-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-04-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-04-26** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6108f22-a011-49ea-bf41-f53845ee4e2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).