---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Entity Changes."
description: "Business Entity Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 123"
citation: "North Carolina HB 123 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "FORESTRY", "HORTICULTURE", "LANDOWNERS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "REP. ADAMS", "REP. BRUBAKER", "REP. HOWARD", "REP. LUEBKE", "REP. SETZER", "REP. STARNES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brubaker", "Howard", "Luebke"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c92c434-2e12-430e-9d57-8df75d7daca9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H123&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cb63d730189fd681e9d4b566b1d43b216b98719f5cb393372f0fb680c6206984"
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 HB 123 (2011) — Business Entity Changes.

## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H123v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H123v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H123v2.pdf)
4. **SL2011-9** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H123v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brubaker — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Luebke — primary (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-03-24** Ch. SL 2011-9 `became-law`
- **2011-03-24** Signed By Gov. 3/24/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-03-14** Pres. To Gov. 3/14/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-03-10** Ratified
- **2011-03-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-28** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-25** Rec From House
- **2011-02-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-02-23** Placed On Cal For 2/24/2011
- **2011-02-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-02-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-17** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c92c434-2e12-430e-9d57-8df75d7daca9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).