---
type: "Bill"
title: "Captive Insurance Amendments."
description: "Captive Insurance Amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 163"
citation: "North Carolina HB 163 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Collins", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-05"
last_action: "2015-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42209604-caf0-4f26-bed0-aee683aa60b3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H163&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4460cf82c099756808b6f4b69161fe2b781370f1630c3f7a47af3ace544f8f61"
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 163 (2015) — Captive Insurance Amendments.

## 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H163v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H163v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H163v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H163v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-99** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H163v4.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Collins — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)
- Tine — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-19** Ch. SL 2015-99 `became-law`
- **2015-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-09** Pres. To Gov. 6/9/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-06-08** Ratified
- **2015-06-04** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-06-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-07** Re-ref Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-16** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-16** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-16** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-15** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-09** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42209604-caf0-4f26-bed0-aee683aa60b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).