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type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' Comp/Approval of Disputed Legal Fees."
description: "Workers' Comp/Approval of Disputed Legal Fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 26"
citation: "North Carolina HB 26 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "EMPLOYMENT", "FEES", "INDUSTRIAL COMN.", "INSURANCE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WORKERS COMPENSATION", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watford"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a0fa70f-cb3a-4541-9291-07d0d05a393c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H26&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4eb7b1b063175c9f7fefd44725eb0aebb45421a4dbcfa83b116e47dce5bff029"
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 26 (2017) — Workers' Comp/Approval of Disputed Legal Fees.
## 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/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H26v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARO-10-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/5186/0/H26-ARO-10-V-5)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H26v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H26v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H26v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H26v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2017-124** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H26v5.pdf)
## Votes
- M11 Concur Sen. Amd. 1 — **1111** (pass) · lower
- M11 Concur — **1110** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Watford — primary (person)
- Zachary — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-07-20** Ch. SL 2017-124 `became-law`
- **2017-07-20** Signed by Gov. 7/20/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29** Ratified
- **2017-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-29** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-29** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-28** Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017
- **2017-06-28** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-28** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-28** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-06-28** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-22** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-21** Placed On Cal For 06/22/2017
- **2017-06-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-19** Placed On Cal For 06/21/2017
- **2017-06-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-15** Placed On Cal For 06/19/2017
- **2017-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-13** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-01** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-02-20** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-20** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-02-16** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-02-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-15** Placed On Cal For 02/16/2017
- **2017-02-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-02-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-30** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-26** Filed `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a0fa70f-cb3a-4541-9291-07d0d05a393c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).