---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Def'n. of Collection Agency."
description: "Clarify Def'n. of Collection Agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 415"
citation: "North Carolina SB 415 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCOUNTING", "COMMERCE", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "DEFINITIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bishop", "Newton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-28"
last_action: "2017-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/244406f6-0d30-4e24-9708-7c810917f015"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S415&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2d3ab0d95bfe02493254940cf0528024efa3d47ac6195858c6818d3dd57d2610"
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 415 (2017) — Clarify Def'n. of Collection Agency.

## 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/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S415v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S415v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S415v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S415v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2017-149** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S415v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bishop — primary (person)
- Newton — primary (person)
- Woodard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-20** Ch. SL 2017-149 `became-law`
- **2017-07-20** Signed by Gov. 7/20/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-27** Ratified
- **2017-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-26** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-23** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2017
- **2017-06-23** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2017-06-22** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-20** Placed On Cal For 06/21/2017
- **2017-06-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-13** Re-ref Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-26** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-04-26** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-04-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25** Placed on Today's Supplemental Calendar
- **2017-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-11** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/244406f6-0d30-4e24-9708-7c810917f015`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).