---
type: "Bill"
title: "Confirm Dave Richard/Director Health Benefits."
description: "Confirm Dave Richard/Director Health Benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SJR 726"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 726 (2021)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "CHAPTERED", "CONFIRMATION", "DHHS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "HEALTH SERVICES", "JOINT", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-06-15"
last_action: "2021-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04045e44-e3f8-4054-b1a6-be51c35f242e"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S726"
source_hash: "ab6ac3ef6a03af6e619c945b765d6c3fbc39e43942ef75efe586e2186d563014"
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 SJR 726 (2021) — Confirm Dave Richard/Director Health Benefits.

## 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/S726v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S726v1.pdf)
3. **Resolution 2021-7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S726v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rabon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-30** Ch. Res 2021-7 `became-law`
- **2021-06-30** Ratified
- **2021-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-29** Added to Calendar
- **2021-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-06-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-06-28** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2021-06-25** Special Message Sent To House
- **2021-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-16** Re-ref Com On Select Committee on Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-16** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Select Committee on Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-06-16** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-06-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04045e44-e3f8-4054-b1a6-be51c35f242e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).