---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow Attorneys' Fees in Business Contracts."
description: "Allow Attorneys' Fees in Business Contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 414"
citation: "North Carolina SB 414 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "COMMERCE", "COURT COSTS & FEES", "COURTS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-23"
last_action: "2011-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cab0656-cdb6-4605-9926-b0126f095d43"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S414&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3d1f241836b24278e4959fc33c82478cf369db75904e291220c50d993cecc59d"
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 414 (2011) — Allow Attorneys' Fees in Business Contracts.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S414v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AST-10-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/333/0/S414-AST-10-V-2)
3. **A2: AST-10-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/388/0/S414-AST-10-V-3)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S414v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S414v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S414v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S414v4.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S414v5.pdf)
9. **SL2011-341** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S414v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9\To Concur — **38–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-27** Ch. SL 2011-341 `became-law`
- **2011-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/27/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-18** Ratified
- **2011-06-17** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2011
- **2011-06-17** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2011-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
- **2011-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-04** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-26** Engrossed
- **2011-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-04-26** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-21** Placed On Cal For 4/26/2011
- **2011-04-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-04-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-04-20** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-19** Placed On Cal For 4/20/2011
- **2011-04-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-04-13** Placed On Cal For 4/19/2011
- **2011-04-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-04-12** Placed On Cal For 4/13/2011
- **2011-04-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-04-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-04-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8cab0656-cdb6-4605-9926-b0126f095d43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).