republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2013/hb-247.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Freedom to Negotiate Health Care Rates.	Freedom to Negotiate Health Care Rates.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2013	HB 247	North Carolina HB 247 (2013)	bill	COMMERCE CONTRACTS CORPORATIONS NONPROFIT HEALTH SERVICES INSURANCE INSURANCE HEALTH PRESENTED PUBLIC RATIFIED CHAPTERED	enacted	Avila Burr Starnes	5	23	2	2013-03-06	2013-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/e7f77b79-4357-4d60-8e3a-f5e7ad3f0ca4	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H247&votesToView=all	3751d63c2cc669ee40fc62682b6e2238d55f81ce7eccb8d31d364f02205a9fc9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina HB 247 (2013) — Freedom to Negotiate Health Care Rates.

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Edition 2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
5. SL2013-46 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Second Reading — 102–10 (pass) · lower
• SECOND READING — 40–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Avila — primary (person)
• Burr — primary (person)
• Starnes — primary (person)
• Glazier — cosponsor (person)
• Hollo — cosponsor (person)
• Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
• McElraft — cosponsor (person)
• Setzer — cosponsor (person)
• Shepard — cosponsor (person)
• Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
• Stone — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-05-08 Ch. SL 2013-46 became-law
• 2013-05-08 Signed by Gov. 5/8/2013 executive-signature
• 2013-05-01 Pres. To Gov. 5/1/2013 executive-receipt
• 2013-04-30 Ratified
• 2013-04-29 Ordered Enrolled
• 2013-04-29 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2013-04-29 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2013-04-25 Placed On Cal For 04/29/2013
• 2013-04-25 Withdrawn From Cal
• 2013-04-24 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-04-01 Ref To Com On Insurance referral-committee
• 2013-04-01 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-01 Rec From House
• 2013-03-28 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2013-03-28 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2013-03-27 Placed On Cal For 03/28/2013
• 2013-03-27 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2013-03-27 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-14 Re-ref Com On Judiciary referral-committee
• 2013-03-14 Withdrawn From Com
• 2013-03-07 Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A referral-committee
• 2013-03-07 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2013-03-06 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e7f77b79-4357-4d60-8e3a-f5e7ad3f0ca4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).