---
type: "Bill"
title: "Keeping NC Competitive Act."
description: "Keeping NC Competitive Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 1171"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1171 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "EMPLOYMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "MANUFACTURING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "TAX CREDITS", "TAX EXEMPTIONS", "TAX REFUNDS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "CORPORATE INCOME", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "CHAPTERED", "INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 11
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-05-17"
last_action: "2010-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89ca6bde-772e-4444-b4a4-bb5b3d8e3264"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S1171&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a1faa47555539f573204794910393f97189267239926cf4fbb9b7622bb2a5dba"
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 1171 (2009) — Keeping NC Competitive Act.

## 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/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1171v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARB-57-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/2551/0/S1171-ARB-57-V-2)
3. **A1: ASV-56-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/2553/0/S1171-ASV-56-V-1)
4. **A2: ASV-59-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/2554/0/S1171-ASV-59-V-1)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1171v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1171v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1171v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1171v4.pdf)
9. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1171v5.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1171v6.pdf)
11. **SL2010-91** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1171v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **43–2** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **42–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Clary — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Dickson — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-11** Ch. SL 2010-91 `became-law`
- **2010-07-11** Signed By Gov. 7/11/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-10** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-10** Ratified
- **2010-07-10** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2010-07-09** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2010-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2010
- **2010-07-08** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2010-07-08** Rec From House
- **2010-07-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-07-08** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-07-07** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2010
- **2010-07-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-07-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-07-01** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-07-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2010-06-03** Ref to the Com on Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-06-01** Engrossed
- **2010-06-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-06-01** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-05-27** Placed On Cal For 6/1/2010
- **2010-05-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-05-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-05-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-18** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89ca6bde-772e-4444-b4a4-bb5b3d8e3264`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).