---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit Litigation Investments/Amend Workers' Compensation Benefits."
description: "Prohibit Litigation Investments/Amend Workers' Compensation Benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 315"
citation: "North Carolina HB 315 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE; CONSUMER PROTECTION; CRIMES; EMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL SERVICES; INSURANCE; PRESENTED; PUBLIC; RATIFIED; RETAILING; THEFT; WORKERS COMPENSATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson Smith", "Miller", "Pyrtle"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-05"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/478ab3e2-f803-4fb0-b324-e3318a45a2a6"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H315"
source_hash: "ea7273a58626a78c0b6ebf5e130412f5cd2b19442f258ae261ecd246642b4dd7"
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 315 (2025) — Prohibit Litigation Investments/Amend Workers' Compensation Benefits.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H315v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H315v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H315v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H315v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H315v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H315v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2026-14** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/House/PDF/H315v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carson Smith — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Pyrtle — primary (person)
- Biggs — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Carver — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dew — cosponsor (person)
- F. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- G. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- G. Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Huneycutt — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- Lowery — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- N. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- R. Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Rhyne — cosponsor (person)
- Schietzelt — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- T. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-06-22** Ch. SL 2026-14 `became-law`
- **2026-06-22** Signed by Gov. 6/22/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-12** Pres. To Gov. 6/12/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-11** Ratified
- **2026-06-10** Ordered Enrolled
- **2026-06-10** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2026-06-10** Added to Calendar
- **2026-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2026-06-10** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2026-06-10** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2026-06-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-03** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2026-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-02** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-06-18** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-06-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-09** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-03-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-27** Regular Message Received From House
- **2025-03-27** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2025-03-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-24** Placed On Cal For 03/26/2025
- **2025-03-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-03-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/478ab3e2-f803-4fb0-b324-e3318a45a2a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).