---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Licensing Changes.-AB"
description: "Insurance Licensing Changes.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1159"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1159 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "INTERNET", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GOFORTH", "ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT", "REP. WRAY", "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wray"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-07"
last_action: "2009-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4158233b-ae52-40bf-a1cf-5618ac1588e0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1159&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8a0540a18c691bb54db304acfcb3a29ab2e7a497e9db7e29a980305c5cfd56f5"
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 1159 (2009) — Insurance Licensing Changes.-AB

## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1159v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1159v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1159v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1159v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1159v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-383** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1159v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wray — primary (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-31** Ch. SL 2009-383 `became-law`
- **2009-07-31** Signed By Gov. 7/31/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-22** Pres. To Gov. 7/22/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-21** Ratified
- **2009-07-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-07-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-11** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-19** Ref to Commerce. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2009
- **2009-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-20** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-08** Ref to the Com on Insurance, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4158233b-ae52-40bf-a1cf-5618ac1588e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).