republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2021/sb-228.md

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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	Allow Employers to Offer EPO Benefit Plans.	Allow Employers to Offer EPO Benefit Plans.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2021	SB 228	North Carolina SB 228 (2021)	bill	CHAPTERED COMMERCE CORPORATIONS EMPLOYMENT FOR-PROFIT HEALTH HEALTH SERVICES INSURANCE INSURANCE INSURANCE DEPT. PERSONNEL PRESENTED PUBLIC RATIFIED SALARIES & BENEFITS SMALL BUSINESS	enacted	Edwards Krawiec	7	37	2	2021-03-10	2021-09-10	openstates	ocd-bill/1c5760be-3ede-400d-a930-7c6ffabbe561	https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S228	16d558db72d7c982add862229bda6aa0338d4dcb7aea08c2d0761dfd6d01fb54	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina SB 228 (2021) — Allow Employers to Offer EPO Benefit Plans.

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. Edition 3 (committee substitute) — source
5. Edition 4 (committee substitute) — source
6. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
7. SL 2021-151 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Second Reading — 97–6 (pass) · lower
• Motion 9 To Concur — 42–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Edwards — primary (person)
• Krawiec — primary (person)
• B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• Batch — cosponsor (person)
• Burgin — cosponsor (person)
• Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Corbin — cosponsor (person)
• Crawford — cosponsor (person)
• Galey — cosponsor (person)
• Hise — cosponsor (person)
• Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
• Lee — cosponsor (person)
• Lowe — cosponsor (person)
• McInnis — cosponsor (person)
• Newton — cosponsor (person)
• Salvador — cosponsor (person)
• Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
• Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
• deViere — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-09-10 Ch. SL 2021-151 became-law
• 2021-09-10 Signed by Gov. 9/10/2021 executive-signature
• 2021-08-31 Pres. To Gov. 8/31/2021 executive-receipt
• 2021-08-30 Ratified
• 2021-08-26 Ordered Enrolled
• 2021-08-26 Concurred In H Com Sub amendment-passage
• 2021-08-25 Placed On Cal For 08/26/2021
• 2021-08-25 Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
• 2021-08-25 Regular Message Sent To Senate
• 2021-08-24 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2021-08-24 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2021-08-24 Added to Calendar
• 2021-08-24 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2021-08-24 Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
• 2021-08-24 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-18 Re-ref Com On Health referral-committee
• 2021-08-18 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-04 Re-ref to the Com on Insurance, if favorable, Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House referral-committee
• 2021-08-04 Withdrawn From Com
• 2021-05-10 Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House referral-committee
• 2021-05-10 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2021-05-06 Regular Message Received From Senate
• 2021-05-06 Regular Message Sent To House
• 2021-05-05 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-05 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2021-05-04 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-29 Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2021-04-29 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2021-04-29 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-28 Re-ref Com On Health Care referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2021-04-28 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-18 Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2021-03-18 Withdrawn From Com
• 2021-03-11 Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2021-03-11 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2021-03-10 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c5760be-3ede-400d-a930-7c6ffabbe561. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).