---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charitable Licensing Exemption Clarification."
description: "Charitable Licensing Exemption Clarification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 302"
citation: "North Carolina HB 302 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARITABLE DONATIONS", "COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "NONPROFIT", "COUNSELING", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "NURSING HOMES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "RELIGION", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. EARLE", "SUBSTANCE ABUSE", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. SAMUELSON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Earle"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-09"
last_action: "2012-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e14107ca-8717-4bc8-8f2b-d552cd9b03cb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H302&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6b3d366e311e8446b80b36c3f98c5bae0e32f5ea575c2aca847456af085cc514"
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 302 (2011) — Charitable Licensing Exemption Clarification.

## 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/H302v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMH-31-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/299/0/H302-AMH-31-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H302v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H302v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H302v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H302v4.pdf)
7. **SL2012-15** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H302v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Earle — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-11** Ch. SL 2012-15 `became-law`
- **2012-06-11** Signed By Gov. 6/11/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-07** Pres. To Gov. 6/7/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-06** Ratified
- **2012-06-05** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-04** Placed On Cal For 6/5/2012
- **2012-06-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-04** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2012-06-04** Rec From Senate
- **2012-05-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-05-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-05-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-20** Ref To Com On Mental Health & Youth Services `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-20** Rec From House
- **2011-04-19** Ordered Engrossed
- **2011-04-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-04-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-04-14** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-13** Placed On Cal For 4/14/2011
- **2011-04-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-03-22** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-10** Ref to the Com on Health and Human Services, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e14107ca-8717-4bc8-8f2b-d552cd9b03cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).