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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Tort Reform for Citizens and Businesses."
+description: "Tort Reform for Citizens and Businesses."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2011"
+identifier: "HB 542"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 542 (2011)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COMMERCE", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "LANDOWNERS", "MALPRACTICE", "MANUFACTURING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TORTS", "TRESPASSING", "REP. CRAWFORD", "REP. MCCOMAS", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. BRISSON", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "REP. RHYNE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brisson", "McComas", "Rhyne"]
+version_count: 14
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2011-03-30"
+last_action: "2011-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4aae9eb-4f00-4a0d-aad4-5142c281e857"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H542&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "129cf68a01eb900ab0e2731c64c09330026981811559296b65dcda3bc119346e"
+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 542 (2011) — Tort Reform for Citizens and Businesses.
+
+## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H542v0.pdf)
+2. **A1: ATG-154-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/761/0/H542-ATG-154-V-4)
+3. **A1: ATG-188-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1154/0/H542-ATG-188-V-1)
+4. **A2: ATG-89-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/762/0/H542-ATG-89-V-4)
+5. **A3: ATG-133-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/763/0/H542-ATG-133-V-3)
+6. **A5: ATG-140-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/765/0/H542-ATG-140-V-1)
+7. **A7: ATG-144-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/767/0/H542-ATG-144-V-1)
+8. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H542v1.pdf)
+9. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H542v2.pdf)
+10. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H542v3.pdf)
+11. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H542v4.pdf)
+12. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H542v5.pdf)
+13. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H542v6.pdf)
+14. **SL2011-283** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H542v7.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **42–8** (pass) · upper
+- M11 Concur — **80–32** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brisson — primary (person)
+- McComas — primary (person)
+- Rhyne — primary (person)
+- Bradley — cosponsor (person)
+- Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
+- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
+- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Murry — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2011-06-24** Ch. SL 2011-283 `became-law`
+- **2011-06-24** Signed By Gov. 6/24/2011 `executive-signature`
+- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
+- **2011-06-17** Ratified
+- **2011-06-16** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
+- **2011-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2011-06-15** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
+- **2011-06-15** Engrossed
+- **2011-06-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2011-06-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2011-06-14** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2011-06-13** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2011-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-06-06** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
+- **2011-06-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-06-06** Rec From House
+- **2011-06-01** Ordered Engrossed
+- **2011-06-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2011-06-01** Amend Failed 10 `amendment-failure`
+- **2011-06-01** Amendment Withdrawn 9 `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2011-06-01** Amend 9 Offered
+- **2011-06-01** Amend Adopted 8 `amendment-passage`
+- **2011-06-01** Amend Adopted 7 `amendment-passage`
+- **2011-06-01** Amend Failed 6 `amendment-failure`
+- **2011-06-01** Amend Adopted 5 `amendment-passage`
+- **2011-06-01** Amend Adopted 4 `amendment-passage`
+- **2011-06-01** Amend Adopted 3 `amendment-passage`
+- **2011-06-01** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
+- **2011-06-01** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2011-05-26** Placed On Cal For 6/1/2011
+- **2011-05-26** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2011-05-18** Postponed To 5/31/2011
+- **2011-05-11** Postponed To 5/18/2011
+- **2011-05-10** Placed On Cal For 5/11/2011
+- **2011-05-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2011-05-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-03-31** Re-ref Com On House Select Committee on Tort Reform `referral-committee`
+- **2011-03-31** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2011-03-31** Ref To Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2011-03-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-03-30** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4aae9eb-4f00-4a0d-aad4-5142c281e857`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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