---
type: "Bill"
title: "Personal Injury Bankruptcy Trust Claims."
description: "Personal Injury Bankruptcy Trust Claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 470"
citation: "North Carolina SB 470 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "BANKRUPTCY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown", "Lee"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-29"
last_action: "2018-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4e9d740-80d3-41af-8195-508b1e8c8000"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S470&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4259c3c2224c6078d48b6cf2239df52261dcff4efe1dcc5db508d24b218a270a"
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 470 (2017) — Personal Injury Bankruptcy Trust Claims.

## 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/S470v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S470v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S470v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S470v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S470v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2018-4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S470v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **78–30** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **42–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-12** Ch. SL 2018-4 `became-law`
- **2018-06-12** Became Law W/o Signature `became-law`
- **2018-06-01** Pres. To Gov. 6/1/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-31** Ratified
- **2018-05-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-05-30** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-24** Placed On Cal For 05/30/2018
- **2018-05-24** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2018-05-24** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2018-05-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-05-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-22** Placed On Cal For 05/23/2018
- **2018-05-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-05-26** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-05-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-05-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-08** 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** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-30** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4e9d740-80d3-41af-8195-508b1e8c8000`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).