---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charitable Solicitations/Inform the Public."
description: "Charitable Solicitations/Inform the Public."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 659"
citation: "North Carolina SB 659 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARITABLE DONATIONS", "CORPORATIONS", "NON-PROFIT", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "SEN. BINGHAM", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-31"
last_action: "2003-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f68cd674-0859-44fd-9644-a3ac0b0dd0f0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S659&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9152c58b6827242fb28385540746e19c3d537f45e15c96e335c8a703e443e720"
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 659 (2003) — Charitable Solicitations/Inform the Public.

## 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/S659v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S659v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S659v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S659v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S659v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-373** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S659v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-01** Ch. SL 2003-373 `became-law`
- **2003-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-18** Ratified
- **2003-07-18** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2003
- **2003-07-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2003
- **2003-07-16** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-07-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2003
- **2003-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-28** Ref To Com On Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-28** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-22** Placed On Cal For 4/23/2003
- **2003-04-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-04-17** Placed On Cal For 4/22/2003
- **2003-04-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-04-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f68cd674-0859-44fd-9644-a3ac0b0dd0f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).