---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Bus. Corp. Act/Bus. Opp. Disclosures."
description: "Amend Bus. Corp. Act/Bus. Opp. Disclosures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 477"
citation: "North Carolina SB 477 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "DEREGULATION", "ELECTRONIC COMMERCE", "FOR-PROFIT", "INCORPORATION", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "TELESERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Galey"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 42
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-03"
last_action: "2023-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9700355-b636-48c4-b9a3-f2c98f198cde"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S477"
source_hash: "e746fb812254890f3e71e15e1dc8e55530b16e4151ba63ce982471efa3cbae30"
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 477 (2023) — Amend Bus. Corp. Act/Bus. Opp. Disclosures.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S477v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATG-92-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/7233/0/S477-ATG-92-V-4)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S477v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S477v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S477v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S477v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S477v5.pdf)
8. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S477v6.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S477v7.pdf)
10. **SL 2023-130** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S477v8.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Galey — primary (person)
- Overcash — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-02** Ch. SL 2023-130 `became-law`
- **2023-09-29** Signed by Gov. 9/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-25** Pres. To Gov. 9/25/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-22** Ratified
- **2023-09-21** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-09-21** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2023-09-20** Placed On Cal For 09/21/2023
- **2023-09-20** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2023-09-20** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-09-19** Ordered Engrossed
- **2023-09-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-09-19** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-09-12** Placed On Cal For 09/19/2023
- **2023-09-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-09-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-09-12** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-08-16** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-08-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-08-16** Added to Calendar
- **2023-08-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-08-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2023-05-04** Special Message Sent To House
- **2023-05-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-04** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9700355-b636-48c4-b9a3-f2c98f198cde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).