---
type: "Bill"
title: "NC Captive Insurance Act."
description: "NC Captive Insurance Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 473"
citation: "North Carolina HB 473 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCOUNTANTS", "ACCOUNTING", "AUDITING & AUDITS", "COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "INCORPORATION", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "CHAPTERED", "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dockham", "Howard", "Johnson"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-28"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87693332-919f-4a88-b859-bf5e1edb18d7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H473&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "353671c06a2482f4bb194b20f2f41a85eac21f7fb0ccbdf117f777ad30e2295d"
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 473 (2013) — NC Captive Insurance Act.

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H473v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARB-38-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/5176/0/H473-ARB-38-V-2)
3. **A1: ARG-10-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/5781/0/H473-ARG-10-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H473v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H473v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H473v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H473v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H473v5.pdf)
9. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H473v6.pdf)
10. **Edition 7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H473v7.pdf)
11. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H473v8.pdf)
12. **SL2013-116** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H473v9.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Amendment 1 — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dockham — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Tine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-116 `became-law`
- **2013-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-13** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-13** Ratified
- **2013-06-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-12** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-11** Placed On Cal For 06/12/2013
- **2013-06-11** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-06-10** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-06-10** Rec From Senate
- **2013-06-06** Engrossed
- **2013-06-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-06** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-05** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2013-06-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-16** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Rec From House
- **2013-05-15** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-05-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-14** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Placed On Cal For 05/14/2013
- **2013-05-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-09** Reptd Fav Com Sub 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-01** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-24** Re-ref Com On Commerce and Job Development `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-01** Ref to the Com on Insurance, if favorable, Commerce and Job Development, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87693332-919f-4a88-b859-bf5e1edb18d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).