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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Business Court Modernization."
+description: "Business Court Modernization."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2013"
+identifier: "SB 853"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 853 (2013)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COMMERCE", "CONSTITUTION", "NC", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "COURTS", "JUDGES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rucho"]
+version_count: 10
+action_count: 58
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2014-05-27"
+last_action: "2014-08-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4661b974-ef5e-40ac-ba9b-580d74764922"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S853&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "8c429d6bdd90ea4ab0a2f31c17ab4c84524f10c446baef6242d5c67df3e8bf1f"
+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 853 (2013) — Business Court Modernization.
+
+## 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/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S853v0.pdf)
+2. **A1: ATG-86-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/8773/0/S853-ATG-86-V-1)
+3. **A2: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/8862/0/S853-A-NBC-651)
+4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S853v1.pdf)
+5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S853v2.pdf)
+6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S853v3.pdf)
+7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S853v4.pdf)
+8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S853v5.pdf)
+9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S853v6.pdf)
+10. **SL2014-102** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S853v7.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- C RPT Adoption — **111–0** (pass) · lower
+- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rucho — primary (person)
+- Barringer — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2014-08-06** Ch. SL 2014-102 `became-law`
+- **2014-08-06** Signed by Gov. 8/6/2014 `executive-signature`
+- **2014-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 08/02/2014 `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-08-02** Ratified
+- **2014-08-01** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2014-08-01** Conf Report Adopted
+- **2014-07-31** Conf Report Adopted
+- **2014-07-31** Placed On Cal For 08/01/2014
+- **2014-07-31** Conf Com Reported
+- **2014-07-31** Placed on Today's Calendar
+- **2014-07-31** Conf Com Reported
+- **2014-07-31** Conf Com Appointed
+- **2014-07-29** Conf Com Appointed
+- **2014-07-28** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
+- **2014-07-28** Placed on Today's Calendar
+- **2014-07-28** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2014-07-16** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2014-07-16** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2014-07-14** Placed On Cal For 07/16/2014
+- **2014-07-14** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2014-07-10** Placed On Cal For 07/14/2014
+- **2014-07-10** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2014-07-08** Placed On Cal For 07/10/2014
+- **2014-07-08** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
+- **2014-07-03** Special Message Sent To Senate
+- **2014-07-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2014-07-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2014-07-02** Added to Calendar
+- **2014-07-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2014-07-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-07-01** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2014-07-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-06-23** Serial Referral To Finance Added
+- **2014-06-23** Assigned To Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
+- **2014-06-23** Re-assigned To Judiciary
+- **2014-06-18** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `referral-committee`
+- **2014-06-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2014-06-17** Regular Message Received From Senate
+- **2014-06-17** Regular Message Sent To House
+- **2014-06-16** Engrossed
+- **2014-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2014-06-16** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
+- **2014-06-12** Engrossed
+- **2014-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2014-06-12** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2014-06-11** Placed On Cal For 06/12/2014
+- **2014-06-11** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2014-06-11** Placed On Cal For 06/16/2014
+- **2014-06-11** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2014-06-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-06-10** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
+- **2014-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-06-09** Sequential Referral To Judiciary I Added
+- **2014-06-09** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2014-06-09** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2014-05-28** Ref to Judiciary I. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2014-05-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2014-05-27** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4661b974-ef5e-40ac-ba9b-580d74764922`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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