---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Court Modernization."
description: "Business Court Modernization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 853"
citation: "North Carolina SB 853 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COMMERCE", "CONSTITUTION", "NC", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "COURTS", "JUDGES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rucho"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 58
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-05-27"
last_action: "2014-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4661b974-ef5e-40ac-ba9b-580d74764922"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S853&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8c429d6bdd90ea4ab0a2f31c17ab4c84524f10c446baef6242d5c67df3e8bf1f"
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 853 (2013) — Business Court Modernization.

## 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/S853v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATG-86-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/8773/0/S853-ATG-86-V-1)
3. **A2: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/8862/0/S853-A-NBC-651)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S853v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S853v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S853v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S853v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S853v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S853v6.pdf)
10. **SL2014-102** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S853v7.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rucho — primary (person)
- Barringer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-08-06** Ch. SL 2014-102 `became-law`
- **2014-08-06** Signed by Gov. 8/6/2014 `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 08/02/2014 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-02** Ratified
- **2014-08-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2014-08-01** Conf Report Adopted
- **2014-07-31** Conf Report Adopted
- **2014-07-31** Placed On Cal For 08/01/2014
- **2014-07-31** Conf Com Reported
- **2014-07-31** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2014-07-31** Conf Com Reported
- **2014-07-31** Conf Com Appointed
- **2014-07-29** Conf Com Appointed
- **2014-07-28** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2014-07-28** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2014-07-28** Withdrawn From Com
- **2014-07-16** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2014-07-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2014-07-14** Placed On Cal For 07/16/2014
- **2014-07-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2014-07-10** Placed On Cal For 07/14/2014
- **2014-07-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2014-07-08** Placed On Cal For 07/10/2014
- **2014-07-08** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2014-07-03** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2014-07-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2014-07-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-07-02** Added to Calendar
- **2014-07-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2014-07-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-07-01** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2014-07-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-06-23** Serial Referral To Finance Added
- **2014-06-23** Assigned To Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-23** Re-assigned To Judiciary
- **2014-06-18** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-06-17** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2014-06-17** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2014-06-16** Engrossed
- **2014-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2014-06-16** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-12** Engrossed
- **2014-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-06-12** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-11** Placed On Cal For 06/12/2014
- **2014-06-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2014-06-11** Placed On Cal For 06/16/2014
- **2014-06-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2014-06-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-06-10** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-06-09** Sequential Referral To Judiciary I Added
- **2014-06-09** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2014-05-28** Ref to Judiciary I. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-05-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4661b974-ef5e-40ac-ba9b-580d74764922`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).