---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow Vision Service Plans."
description: "Allow Vision Service Plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 85"
citation: "North Carolina SB 85 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CORPORATIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "DENTISTS & DENTISTRY", "HEALTH", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "NONPROFIT", "OPTICIANS & OPTOMETRISTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgin", "Corbin"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-10-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70016ff3-05e2-4fc0-ab31-bd2f2727c364"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S85"
source_hash: "c408c277e0bdd5060696419796be48066238ee2fdf226a7c7512805043015893"
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 85 (2021) — Allow Vision Service Plans.

## 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/S85v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/53141/0/S85-A-NBC-9194)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S85v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S85v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S85v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S85v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2021-169** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S85v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burgin — primary (person)
- Corbin — primary (person)
- Woodard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-15** Ch. SL 2021-169 `became-law`
- **2021-10-15** Signed by Gov. 10/15/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-08** Pres. To Gov. 10/8/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-07** Ratified
- **2021-10-06** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-10-06** Concurred In H Amend S85v3 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-10-04** Placed On Cal For 10/06/2021
- **2021-10-04** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Amend
- **2021-09-30** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-09-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-09-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-09-29** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-09-28** Placed On Cal For 09/29/2021
- **2021-09-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-09-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-18** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-08-18** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-30** Re-ref to the Com on Insurance, if favorable, Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-28** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-27** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-04-27** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-04-26** Engrossed
- **2021-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Re-ref Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-02-15** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70016ff3-05e2-4fc0-ab31-bd2f2727c364`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).