---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend NC Business Corporation Act."
description: "Amend NC Business Corporation Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 239"
citation: "North Carolina SB 239 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "INCORPORATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barringer", "Clodfelter"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-07"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85bb9621-a62f-46a6-81e9-309b58938253"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S239&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1d952190a7dfb5e1169e2605f6ee92e7e1441e338805bb8a4d2858082d69cb73"
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 239 (2013) — Amend NC 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/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S239v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S239v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S239v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S239v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S239v4.pdf)
6. **SL2013-153** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S239v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barringer — primary (person)
- Clodfelter — primary (person)
- Brunstetter — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-153 `became-law`
- **2013-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-11** Pres. To Gov. 06/11/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-10** Ratified
- **2013-06-06** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-06** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-05** Placed On Cal For 06/06/2013
- **2013-06-05** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-06-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-03** Placed On Cal For 06/04/2013
- **2013-06-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-22** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-18** Rec From Senate
- **2013-04-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-11** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85bb9621-a62f-46a6-81e9-309b58938253`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).