---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Health Plan/Treat Teachers Equitably."
description: "State Health Plan/Treat Teachers Equitably."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 1251"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1251 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTUARIAL NOTES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "STATE HEALTH PLAN", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. BLUE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-05-19"
last_action: "2010-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80bd4757-2e84-472f-a299-f58bed30ac67"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S1251&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "011566df9318b4f37bbf2785d0d2eb13221e35993ca38f4fb1a3df65e734d71d"
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 SB 1251 (2009) — State Health Plan/Treat Teachers Equitably.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1251v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AME-54-V-6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/2624/0/S1251-AME-54-V-6)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1251v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1251v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1251v3.pdf)
6. **SL2010-136** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1251v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **107–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Blue — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-21** Ch. SL 2010-136 `became-law`
- **2010-07-21** Signed By Gov. 7/21/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-09** Pres. To Gov. 7/9/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-09** Ratified
- **2010-07-09** Conf Report Adopted
- **2010-07-09** Conf Report Adopted
- **2010-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2010
- **2010-07-08** Conf Com Reported
- **2010-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2010
- **2010-07-08** Conf Com Reported
- **2010-07-08** Conf Com Appointed
- **2010-07-08** Conf Com Appointed
- **2010-07-08** Fail Concur In H Amend # 1
- **2010-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2010
- **2010-07-07** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2010-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2010
- **2010-07-06** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2010-07-06** Rec From House
- **2010-07-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-07-06** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2010
- **2010-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2010-06-29** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-22** Ref to the Com on Insurance, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-06-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-06-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-06-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-20** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement & Aging `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80bd4757-2e84-472f-a299-f58bed30ac67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).