---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Health Plan."
description: "State Health Plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 2443"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2443 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "APPOINTMENTS", "CALENDAR", "CANCER", "CHILD CUSTODY", "COMMISSIONS", "COMMITTEES", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "DISEASES", "FOSTER CARE", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "INSURANCE", "LONG-TERM CARE", "MEDICARE", "MEMBERSHIP", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MINORS", "NURSING HOMES", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SESSION LAWS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "SPEAKER", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TSECMMP", "TSECMMP BOARD", "TSERS", "REP. HOLLIMAN", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE", "CHAPTERED", "EMPLOYEE MEDICAL BENEFITS COMM."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Folwell", "Holliman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-21"
last_action: "2008-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6d48ada-4d6e-4d3a-9679-259ea80a1881"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H2443&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "fb737dae73cba8c634a92dd468a6dc31910340b3a8bf03db9e48fdd1113dd5eb"
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 2443 (2007) — State Health Plan.

## 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2443v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2443v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2443v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2443v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2443v4.pdf)
6. **SL2008-168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2443v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Folwell — primary (person)
- Holliman — primary (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Langdon — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-08-04** Ch. SL 2008-168 `became-law`
- **2008-08-04** Signed By Gov. 8/4/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-15** Pres. To Gov. 7/15/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-15** Ratified
- **2008-07-14** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2008
- **2008-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-10** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2008-07-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-09** Com Amend Adpt & Engross #1
- **2008-07-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-07-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-03** Ref To Com On Select Committee on Employee Hospital and Medical Benefits `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-03** Rec From House
- **2008-07-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2008
- **2008-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-26** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6d48ada-4d6e-4d3a-9679-259ea80a1881`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).