---
type: "Bill"
title: "Study Modernization of Banking Laws."
description: "Study Modernization of Banking Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 555"
citation: "North Carolina SB 555 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BANKING COMN.", "BANKS", "COMMISSIONS", "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SPEAKER", "STUDIES", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. BROWN", "BANKING LAWS STUDY COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-11"
last_action: "2011-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06dea170-2fb2-4f30-8a82-24bba5d983c1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S555&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "323beb22110edbe571a9ca0020639773e4d53ef4025eff9e655c041e781808ec"
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 555 (2011) — Study Modernization of Banking Laws.

## 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/S555v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S555v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S555v2.pdf)
4. **SL2011-353** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S555v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brown — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-27** Ch. SL 2011-353 `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
- **2011-06-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2011
- **2011-06-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2011
- **2011-06-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-09** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-04-12** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06dea170-2fb2-4f30-8a82-24bba5d983c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).