---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dissenters' Rights Clarifications."
description: "Dissenters' Rights Clarifications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 136"
citation: "North Carolina SB 136 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "INVESTMENTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECURITIES", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/278c6361-359f-4724-9fa4-2a275e46d1bc"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S136&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f12d2815b2429d3f9030fe73bef2ab70d537344b134a0e12d24f63a9884255bc"
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 136 (2003) — Dissenters' Rights Clarifications.

## 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/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S136v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S136v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S136v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S136v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-157** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S136v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2003-06-09** Ch. SL 2003-157 `became-law`
- **2003-06-09** Signed By Gov. 6/5/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-05-28** Pres. To Gov. 5/28/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-27** Ratified
- **2003-05-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-21** Placed On Cal For 5/22/2003
- **2003-05-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-31** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Rec From Senate
- **2003-03-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-03-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-03-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-02-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/278c6361-359f-4724-9fa4-2a275e46d1bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).