---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veteran-Owned Small Business/Annual Report."
description: "Veteran-Owned Small Business/Annual Report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 578"
citation: "North Carolina SB 578 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "DEFINITIONS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "REVENUE DEPT.", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "SMALL BUSINESSES", "TAXATION", "VETERANS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-30"
last_action: "2017-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dc631d5-f957-4389-9e23-aed0ea77c01a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S578&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "42e5da91f4a8c34a93e5d9c881e828a2faa22d92fe260fd6127c9da19e17de2a"
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 578 (2017) — Veteran-Owned Small Business/Annual Report.

## 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/S578v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATT-36-V-8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4856/0/S578-ATT-36-V-8)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S578v1.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S578v2.pdf)
5. **SL 2017-90** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S578v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **103–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-30** Ch. SL 2017-90 `became-law`
- **2017-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2017 `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 Amend S578v1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-23** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2017
- **2017-06-23** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Amend
- **2017-06-22** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-22** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-21** Placed On Cal For 06/22/2017
- **2017-06-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-20** Placed On Cal For 06/21/2017
- **2017-06-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-20** Serial Referral To Commerce and Job Development Stricken
- **2017-06-08** Re-ref to the Com on Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, Commerce and Job Development `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-26** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-25** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-04-25** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-04-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-24** Placed On Cal For 04/24/2017
- **2017-04-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-13** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-03** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dc631d5-f957-4389-9e23-aed0ea77c01a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).