---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Corporation Act Revisions."
description: "Business Corporation Act Revisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 622"
citation: "North Carolina SB 622 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "FEES", "INCORPORATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barringer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-04"
last_action: "2018-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1ff1020-1c65-4f21-8e42-ad378f688b87"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S622&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "67fd04f4e9da84fdf394ed530f0b2543c1b91ee9ce1e1150a1424d9bebc5ddc3"
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 622 (2017) — Business Corporation Act Revisions.

## 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/S622v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S622v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S622v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S622v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S622v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2018-45** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S622v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-22** Ch. SL 2018-45 `became-law`
- **2018-06-22** Signed by Gov. 6/22/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-14** Ratified
- **2018-06-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-14** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-14** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2018-06-14** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2018-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-12** Placed On Cal For 06/13/2018
- **2018-06-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-12** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2018-06-11** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-26** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-06-26** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2017-06-26** Special Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2017
- **2017-06-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-21** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-20** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-14** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1ff1020-1c65-4f21-8e42-ad378f688b87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).