---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employee Misclassification/IC Changes."
description: "Employee Misclassification/IC Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 407"
citation: "North Carolina SB 407 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "CRIMES", "EMPLOYMENT", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INDUSTRIAL COMN.", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "LABOR DEPT.", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PHARMACISTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REVENUE DEPT.", "SAFETY", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "UNEMPLOYMENT", "WORK SAFETY", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-28"
last_action: "2017-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9205da73-6980-4e37-bf32-4585da015c57"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S407&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "890f34cfbc314bb43c7a3c46b6f022df0678a5e257db0a604d2dee7915845fea"
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 407 (2017) — Employee Misclassification/IC 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/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S407v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/5221/0/S407-A-NBC-1652)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S407v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S407v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S407v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S407v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2017-203** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S407v5.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8 To Adopt Conference Report — **30–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Horner — cosponsor (person)
- Wells — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-08-11** Ch. SL 2017-203 `became-law`
- **2017-08-11** Signed by Gov. 8/11/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-04** Pres. To Gov. 8/4/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-03** Ratified
- **2017-08-03** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-08-03** Conf Report Adopted
- **2017-08-03** Added to Calendar
- **2017-08-03** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-08-03** Conf Report Adopted
- **2017-08-03** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-08-03** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-08-03** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-08-03** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-08-03** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2017-08-03** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-08-03** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2017-06-30** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-06-29** Ordered Engrossed
- **2017-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-28** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-28** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-19** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on Today's Supplemental Calendar
- **2017-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9205da73-6980-4e37-bf32-4585da015c57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).