---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Workers' Comp. Policy Cancellation."
description: "Clarify Workers' Comp. Policy Cancellation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 489"
citation: "North Carolina SB 489 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYMENT", "INSURANCE", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WORKERS COMPENSATION", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bishop", "Daniel"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-29"
last_action: "2017-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94bc8727-a72f-4f13-b754-b18c26f13f53"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S489&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2878ce244082483fa858c7dab07ccf33114476a0fd2f3aba97c4659027cd9ace"
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 489 (2017) — Clarify Workers' Comp. Policy Cancellation.

## 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/S489v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S489v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S489v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S489v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S489v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2017-150** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S489v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bishop — primary (person)
- Daniel — primary (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-20** Ch. SL 2017-150 `became-law`
- **2017-07-20** Signed by Gov. 7/20/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29** Ratified
- **2017-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-28** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-27** Placed On Cal For 06/28/2017
- **2017-06-27** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2017-06-27** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2017
- **2017-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-26** Serial Referral To Insurance Stricken
- **2017-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-16** Serial Referral To Insurance Added
- **2017-06-13** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** 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`
- **2017-04-11** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** 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/94bc8727-a72f-4f13-b754-b18c26f13f53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).