---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Health Plan Administrative Changes.-AB"
description: "State Health Plan Administrative Changes.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 159"
citation: "North Carolina SB 159 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "CONTRACTS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "DISABLED PERSONS", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "HEALTH", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STATE HEALTH PLAN", "STATE HEALTH PLAN BOARD", "STATE TREASURER", "TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgin", "Krawiec"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bfcff81-90ec-49fe-b96d-d52475ed802c"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S159"
source_hash: "ef79856f2990b56dc3e810d4c503647e05a63a21923883d49ae55596cf75b7b3"
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 159 (2021) — State Health Plan Administrative Changes.-AB

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S159v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S159v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S159v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S159v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2021-125** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S159v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **103–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burgin — primary (person)
- Krawiec — primary (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-30** Ch. SL 2021-125 `became-law`
- **2021-08-30** Signed by Gov. 8/30/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-26** Pres. To Gov. 8/26/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-25** Ratified
- **2021-08-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-08-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-08-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-08-24** Added to Calendar
- **2021-08-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-08-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-22** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-08** Re-ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-21** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-20** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-04-21** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-04-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-04-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Re-ref to Pensions and Retirement and Aging. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-01** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bfcff81-90ec-49fe-b96d-d52475ed802c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).