---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Article 13 of Business Corporation Act."
description: "Amend Article 13 of Business Corporation Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 457"
citation: "North Carolina SB 457 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "COURTS", "INVESTMENTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. CLODFELTER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-29"
last_action: "2011-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe74176f-d234-4128-8980-36f7f770fe07"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S457&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "221d175e6effd8d56c21841d3a2e61663bb513f85c6b3cf9465f6bab0b35b108"
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 457 (2011) — Amend Article 13 of Business Corporation 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/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S457v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S457v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S457v2.pdf)
4. **SL2011-347** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S457v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-27** Ch. SL 2011-347 `became-law`
- **2011-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/27/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-17** Ratified
- **2011-06-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-18** Placed On Cal For 4/19/2011
- **2011-04-18** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-04-16** Placed On Cal For 4/18/2011
- **2011-04-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-04-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-30** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe74176f-d234-4128-8980-36f7f770fe07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).