---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charitable Solicitations/Clarify Exemption."
description: "Charitable Solicitations/Clarify Exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 51"
citation: "North Carolina SB 51 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARITABLE DONATIONS", "CORPORATIONS", "NONPROFIT", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. BINGHAM", "CHAPTERED", "NGOS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-09"
last_action: "2011-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/370d4d08-c768-4583-a93c-2d12b7f7339e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S51&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "012d3b5e4e464531bb20d3e41e5fbb21db63450dc8a4420ec7e3be92924ab2e4"
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 51 (2011) — Charitable Solicitations/Clarify Exemption.

## 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/S51v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S51v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S51v2.pdf)
4. **SL2011-27** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S51v3.pdf)

## Votes

- SECOND READING — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-04-07** Ch. SL 2011-27 `became-law`
- **2011-04-07** Signed By Gov. 4/7/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-04-01** Pres. To Gov. 4/1/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-03-31** Ratified
- **2011-03-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-29** Placed On Cal For 3/30/2011
- **2011-03-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-03-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-15** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-10** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/370d4d08-c768-4583-a93c-2d12b7f7339e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).