---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers Comp./Drivers' Status."
description: "Workers Comp./Drivers' Status."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 818"
citation: "North Carolina HB 818 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "EMPLOYMENT", "INSURANCE", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SHIPPING", "TRUCKS", "WORKERS COMPENSATION", "REP. SUTTON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-17"
last_action: "2006-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33e91ea6-f385-4b76-98d9-e0ad1ff5d643"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H818&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "dca2b5457ff4e4be5a73f6942299ab967957ca453a432e3a8a3ddcdbd43be5c3"
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 HB 818 (2005) — Workers Comp./Drivers' Status.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H818v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H818v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H818v2.pdf)
4. **SL2006-26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H818v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sutton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-06-26** Ch. SL 2006-26 `became-law`
- **2006-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/26/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-19** Pres. To Gov. 6/16/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-15** Ratified
- **2006-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-18** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-18** Rec From House
- **2005-05-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-16** Placed On Cal For 5/17/2005
- **2005-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-12** Reptd Without Prejudice
- **2005-04-12** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-04-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-04-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33e91ea6-f385-4b76-98d9-e0ad1ff5d643`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).