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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allow Attorneys' Fees in Business Contracts."
+description: "Allow Attorneys' Fees in Business Contracts."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2011"
+identifier: "SB 414"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 414 (2011)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "COMMERCE", "COURT COSTS & FEES", "COURTS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "CHAPTERED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2011-03-23"
+last_action: "2011-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cab0656-cdb6-4605-9926-b0126f095d43"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S414&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "3d1f241836b24278e4959fc33c82478cf369db75904e291220c50d993cecc59d"
+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 SB 414 (2011) — Allow Attorneys' Fees in Business Contracts.
+
+## 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/Senate/PDF/S414v0.pdf)
+2. **A1: AST-10-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/333/0/S414-AST-10-V-2)
+3. **A2: AST-10-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/388/0/S414-AST-10-V-3)
+4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S414v1.pdf)
+5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S414v2.pdf)
+6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S414v3.pdf)
+7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S414v4.pdf)
+8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S414v5.pdf)
+9. **SL2011-341** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S414v6.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Motion 9\To Concur — **38–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
+- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2011-06-27** Ch. SL 2011-341 `became-law`
+- **2011-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/27/2011 `executive-signature`
+- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
+- **2011-06-18** Ratified
+- **2011-06-17** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2011-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2011
+- **2011-06-17** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
+- **2011-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2011-06-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
+- **2011-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2011-06-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-05-04** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
+- **2011-05-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-04-26** Engrossed
+- **2011-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2011-04-26** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
+- **2011-04-21** Placed On Cal For 4/26/2011
+- **2011-04-21** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2011-04-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2011-04-20** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2011-04-19** Placed On Cal For 4/20/2011
+- **2011-04-19** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2011-04-13** Placed On Cal For 4/19/2011
+- **2011-04-13** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2011-04-12** Placed On Cal For 4/13/2011
+- **2011-04-12** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2011-04-11** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2011-04-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-03-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
+- **2011-03-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-03-23** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8cab0656-cdb6-4605-9926-b0126f095d43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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