---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Law Changes.-AB"
description: "Insurance Law Changes.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1166"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1166 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BAIL", "COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "DEATH & DYING", "EMPLOYMENT", "FUNERAL SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "INSURANCE", "LIABILITY", "INSURANCE", "LIFE", "INSURANCE", "MOTOR VEHICLE", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "TITLE CHANGE", "RECORDS", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GOFORTH", "REP. WRAY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goforth"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-07"
last_action: "2009-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c4cf314-1664-417c-a8de-deaa5d7085eb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1166&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e201c6fe7ff222a3166e19476be4fef088462174353c90b1a40a76c06ec1d973"
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 1166 (2009) — Insurance Law 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/H1166v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARD-39-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/877/0/H1166-ARD-39-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1166v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1166v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1166v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1166v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1166v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1166v6.pdf)
9. **SL2009-566** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1166v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-28** Ch. SL 2009-566 `became-law`
- **2009-08-28** Signed By Gov. 8/28/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Pres. To Gov. 8/11/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Ratified
- **2009-08-10** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/10/2009
- **2009-08-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-06** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-08-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-08-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-08-04** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-08-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-08-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-28** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-27** Rec From House
- **2009-07-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-07-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-23** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-22** Placed On Cal For 7/23/2009
- **2009-07-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-22** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-01** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-08** Ref to the Com on Insurance, if favorable, Judiciary III `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/7c4cf314-1664-417c-a8de-deaa5d7085eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).