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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Arbitration and Mediation for Business Court."
+description: "Arbitration and Mediation for Business Court."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 593"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 593 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AOC", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "COURTS", "DISPUTE RESOLUTION COMN.", "DISPUTE SETTLEMENT CENTERS", "JUDGES", "JUDICIAL DEPT.", "MEDIATION & ARBITRATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SUPREME COURT", "CHAPTERED", "CHIEF JUSTICE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barringer", "Lee"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-04-04"
+last_action: "2017-07-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c576c8b2-bd2d-4a3e-9a8b-408560618d40"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S593&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "9636953683b7d443bf233a1c00285db321108a92353b5182f899b79736a857ef"
+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 593 (2017) — Arbitration and Mediation for Business Court.
+
+## 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/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S593v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S593v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S593v2.pdf)
+4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S593v3.pdf)
+5. **SL 2017-122** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S593v4.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Second Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barringer — primary (person)
+- Lee — primary (person)
+- Blue — cosponsor (person)
+- Newton — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-07-18** Ch. SL 2017-122 `became-law`
+- **2017-07-18** Signed by Gov. 7/18/2017 `executive-signature`
+- **2017-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2017 `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-06-26** Ratified
+- **2017-06-22** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2017-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2017-06-21** Placed On Cal For 06/22/2017
+- **2017-06-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2017-06-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-08** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-08** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2017-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Received From Senate
+- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Sent To House
+- **2017-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2017-04-26** Placed on Today's Supplemental Calendar
+- **2017-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-25** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2017-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-06** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-06** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2017-04-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-04-04** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c576c8b2-bd2d-4a3e-9a8b-408560618d40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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