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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Allow Employers to Offer EPO Benefit Plans."
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description: "Allow Employers to Offer EPO Benefit Plans."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
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legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 228"
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citation: "North Carolina SB 228 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "EMPLOYMENT", "FOR-PROFIT", "HEALTH", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SMALL BUSINESS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Edwards", "Krawiec"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-10"
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last_action: "2021-09-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c5760be-3ede-400d-a930-7c6ffabbe561"
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source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S228"
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source_hash: "16d558db72d7c982add862229bda6aa0338d4dcb7aea08c2d0761dfd6d01fb54"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
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---
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# North Carolina SB 228 (2021) — Allow Employers to Offer EPO Benefit Plans.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S228v0.pdf)
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2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S228v1.pdf)
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3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S228v2.pdf)
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4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S228v3.pdf)
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5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S228v4.pdf)
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6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S228v5.pdf)
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7. **SL 2021-151** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S228v6.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Second Reading — **97–6** (pass) · lower
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- Motion 9 To Concur — **42–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Edwards — primary (person)
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- Krawiec — primary (person)
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- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
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- Batch — cosponsor (person)
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- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
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- Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
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- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
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- Galey — cosponsor (person)
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- Hise — cosponsor (person)
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- Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
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- Lee — cosponsor (person)
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- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
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- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
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- Newton — cosponsor (person)
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- Salvador — cosponsor (person)
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- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
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- deViere — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-09-10** Ch. SL 2021-151 `became-law`
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- **2021-09-10** Signed by Gov. 9/10/2021 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-08-31** Pres. To Gov. 8/31/2021 `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-08-30** Ratified
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- **2021-08-26** Ordered Enrolled
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- **2021-08-26** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-08-25** Placed On Cal For 08/26/2021
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- **2021-08-25** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
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- **2021-08-25** Regular Message Sent To Senate
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- **2021-08-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-08-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2021-08-24** Added to Calendar
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- **2021-08-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
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- **2021-08-24** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
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- **2021-08-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-08-18** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-08-04** Re-ref to the Com on Insurance, if favorable, Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-04** Withdrawn From Com
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- **2021-05-10** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
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- **2021-05-06** Regular Message Received From Senate
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- **2021-05-06** Regular Message Sent To House
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- **2021-05-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-29** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-29** Com Substitute Adopted
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- **2021-04-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-28** Re-ref Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-28** Com Substitute Adopted
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- **2021-04-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **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`
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- **2021-03-18** Withdrawn From Com
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- **2021-03-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-10** Filed `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c5760be-3ede-400d-a930-7c6ffabbe561`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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