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SB 417 — Set Allowable State Bar Membership Fees.
Last action — Passed 1st Reading
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2In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2021-2022 Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
14 added · 15 removedPlain-language change summary
In the latest version of Senate Bill 417, some wording was amended to clarify the late fee process for members who do not pay their dues on time. The provision now specifies that the late fee cannot exceed a certain amount, ensuring members know the maximum penalty they might face. This change is significant because it aims to enhance transparency and fairness for those in the North Carolina State Bar by standardizing the late fee policy.
FILED SENATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA MarSESSION 31, 2021 S.B.S 1 SENATE BILL 417 Short Title:
417 SESSION 2021 PRINCIPAL CLERK S D SENATE BILL DRS45212-NBf-72 Short Title:
Rules and Operations of the Senate April 1, 2021 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO SET THE MAXIMUM FEE THAT THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR MAY REQUIRE FOR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP, TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LATE FEE, TO REQUIRE MEMBERS TO PROVIDE A CORRECT EMAIL ADDRESS TO THE STATE BAR, AND TO CODIFY THE EXEMPTION FOR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY MEMBERS FROM ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEES.
AnyAnymember member who fails to paypaythe the required dues bybythe the last daydayof of June of each year shall be subject to a late fee in an amount determined bybythe the Council but not to exceed thirty dollars ($30.00).
(1) An attorney licensed after this Article shall have gone into effect shall not be liable for dues until the first daydayof ofJanuaryof January of the calendar year following that inwhichtheattorneywaslicensed;butthisprovisoshallnotapplyto attorneys from other states admitted on certificate.
(c) The fees shall be disbursed bybythe the secretary-treasurer on the order of the Council.
The secretary-treasurer shall annually, at a time and in a law magazine or daily newspaper to be *DRS45212-NBf-72**S417-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 prescribed by the Council, publish an account of the financial transactions of the Council in a form to be prescribed bybyit. it.
The secretary-treasurer shall compile and keep currentlycurrentlycorrect correct from the names and mailing addresses forwarded to the secretary-treasurer and from any other available sources of information a list of members of the North Carolina State Bar and furnish to the clerk of the superior court in each county, not later than the first day of October in each year, a list showing the name and address of each attorney for that county who has not complied with the provisions of this Article.
The North Carolina State Bar maymayadopt adopt temporary rules to implement this act.
Page 2 DRS45212-NBf-72Senate Bill 417-First Edition
Action History
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Passed 1st Reading
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Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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Filed
Sponsors
- Jr. Danny Earl Britt · Primary
- Amy S. Galey · Cosponsor
- Dan Blue · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 176 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Danny Earl Britt, Jr. Republican
Co-sponsors (2)
- Amy S. Galey Republican
- Dan Blue Democratic
Not signed on (176)
176 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 176 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 104 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| U | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 115 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 97% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (119)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Allen, Gordon P. | — | Yea |
| Allred, Cary | — | Yea |
| Arnold, Gene | — | Yea |
| Baddour, Philip A., Jr. | — | Yea |
| Baker, Rex | — | Yea |
| Barbee, Bobby | — | Yea |
| Barefoot, Daniel W. | — | Yea |
| Berry, Cherie | — | Yea |
| Black, Jim (Speaker) | — | Yea |
| Bonner, Donald A. | — | Yea |
| Bowie, Joanne | — | Yea |
| Braswell, Jerry | — | Yea |
| Bridgeman, John | — | Yea |
| Brown, John | — | Yea |
| Brubaker, Harold J. | — | Yea |
| Buchanan, Monroe | — | Yea |
| Cansler, Lanier | — | Yea |
| Capps, Russell | — | Yea |
| Carpenter, Jim | — | Yea |
| Church, Walter | — | Yea |
| Clary, Debbie | — | Yea |
| Cole, E. Nelson | — | Yea |
| Cox, A. Leslie | — | Yea |
| Creech, Billy | — | Not Voting |
| Culp, Arlie | — | Yea |
| Culpepper, Bill | — | Yea |
| Daughtry, Leo | — | Yea |
| Decker, Michael P. | — | Yea |
| Dedmon, Andrew T. | — | Yea |
| Dockham, Jerry | — | Yea |
| Earle, Beverly | — | Yea |
| Easterling, Ruth | — | Yea |
| Edwards, Zeno L. | — | Not Voting |
| Ellis, Sam | — | Yea |
| Esposito, Theresa | — | Yea |
| Fitch, Jr., Toby | — | Not Voting |
| Fox, Stan | — | Yea |
| Gardner, Charlotte | — | Yea |
| Gibson, Pryor A. | — | Yea |
| Grady, Robert | — | Yea |
| Gray, Lyons | — | Yea |
| Gulley, Jim | — | Yea |
| Hackney, Joe | — | Yea |
| Haire, R. Phillip | — | Yea |
| Hardaway, Thomas C. | — | Yea |
| Hensley, Robert | — | Yea |
| Hiatt, Bill | — | Yea |
| Hill, Dewey | — | Yea |
| Holmes, George M. | — | Yea |
| Horn, W. James | — | Yea |
| Hunter, Howard | — | Yea |
| Hurley, Bill | — | Yea |
| Insko, Verla C. | — | Yea |
| Jarrell, Mary L. | — | Yea |
| Jeffus, Margaret M. | — | Yea |
| Justus, Larry | — | Yea |
| Kinney, Theodore J. | — | Yea |
| Kiser, Joe | — | Yea |
| Luebke, Paul | — | Yea |
| Mcallister, Mary | — | Yea |
| Mccomas, Danny | — | Yea |
| Mccombs, Gene | — | Yea |
| Mccrary, Paul | — | Yea |
| Mclawhorn, Marian N. | — | Yea |
| Mcmahan, Ed | — | Yea |
| Melton, O. Max | — | Yea |
| Michaux, Jr., Mickey | — | Yea |
| Miner, David | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, William F. | — | Yea |
| Moore, Richard L. | — | Yea |
| Morgan, Richard T. | — | Yea |
| Morris, Amelia A. H. | — | Yea |
| Mosley, Jane H. | — | Yea |
| Nesbitt, Martin L., Jr. | — | Yea |
| Nye, Edd | — | Yea |
| Oldham, Warren C. | — | Yea |
| Owens, Jr., William C. | — | Yea |
| Pope, Art | — | Yea |
| Preston, Jean R. | — | Yea |
| Ramsey, Liston B. | — | Yea |
| Rayfield, John M. | — | Yea |
| Redwine, E. David | — | Yea |
| Rogers, Richard E. | — | Yea |
| Russell, Carolyn B. | — | Yea |
| Saunders, Drew P. | — | Yea |
| Sexton, Paul W. | — | Yea |
| Sherrill, Wilma M. | — | Yea |
| Starnes, Edgar V. | — | Yea |
| Sutton, Ronnie N. | — | Yea |
| Tallent, Timothy N. | — | Yea |
| Teague, W. B. | — | Yea |
| Thomas, Scott E. | — | Yea |
| Thompson, Gregory J. | — | Yea |
| Tolson, Joe | — | Yea |
| Tucker, Russell E. | — | Yea |
| Wainwright, William L. | — | Yea |
| Walend, Trudi | — | Yea |
| Warner, Alex | — | Yea |
| Warwick, Nurham O. | — | Yea |
| Wilson, Constance K. | — | Yea |
| Wilson, William Eugene | — | Yea |
| Womble, Larry W. | — | Yea |
| Wood, Stephen W. | — | Yea |
| Wright, Thomas E. | — | Yea |
| Yongue, Douglas Y. | — | Yea |
| D. Davis | — | Yea |
| R. Smith | — | Yea |
| Dan Blue | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Sarah Crawford | Democratic | Yea |
| Blair Eddins | Republican | Yea |
| Charles W. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Edward C. Goodwin | Republican | Yea |
| Harry Warren | Republican | Yea |
| Jay Adams | Republican | Yea |
| Julia C. Howard | Republican | Yea |
| Karl E. Gillespie | Republican | Yea |
| Mitchell S. Setzer | Republican | Yea |
| W. Ted Alexander | Republican | Yea |
| Carla D. Cunningham | U | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 44 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 96% | 0% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (50)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Albertson, Charles W. | — | Yea |
| Allran, Austin M. | — | Yea |
| Ballance, Jr., Frank W. | — | Yea |
| Ballantine, Patrick J. | — | Yea |
| Basnight, Marc | — | Yea |
| Carpenter, Robert C. | — | Yea |
| Carrington, John | — | Yea |
| Carter, Charles | — | Yea |
| Clodfelter, Daniel G. | — | Yea |
| Cochrane, Betsy L. | — | Yea |
| Cooper Iii, Roy A. | — | Yea |
| Dalton, Walter | — | Yea |
| Dannelly, Charlie Smith | — | Yea |
| East, Don W. | — | Yea |
| Forrester, James | — | Yea |
| Foxx, Virginia | — | Yea |
| Garrou, Linda | — | Yea |
| Garwood, John A. | — | Yea |
| Gulley, Wib | — | Yea |
| Hagan, Kay | — | Yea |
| Harris, Oscar | — | Yea |
| Hartsell, Jr., Fletcher L. | — | Yea |
| Horton, Jr., Hamilton C. | — | Yea |
| Hoyle, David W. | — | Yea |
| Jordan, Jr., Luther Henry | — | Yea |
| Kerr, John H. | — | Yea |
| Kinnaird, Ellie | — | Yea |
| Lucas, Jeanne Hopkins | — | Yea |
| Martin, R. L. | — | Yea |
| Martin, William N. | — | Yea |
| Metcalf, Steve | — | Yea |
| Moore, Ken | — | Yea |
| Odom, T. L. | — | Not Voting |
| Perdue, Beverly M. | — | Yea |
| Phillips, Sr., Jim | — | Yea |
| Plyler, Aaron W. | — | Yea |
| Purcell, William R. | — | Yea |
| Rand, Anthony E. | — | Yea |
| Reeves, Eric Miller | — | Yea |
| Rucho, Robert A. | — | Yea |
| Shaw, Robert G. | — | Yea |
| Shaw, Larry | — | Not Voting |
| Soles, Jr., R. C. | — | Yea |
| Webster, Hugh | — | Yea |
| Weinstein, David | — | Yea |
| Wellons, Allen H. | — | Yea |
| Gladys A. Robinson | Democratic | Yea |
| Charles W. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Harry Warren | Republican | Yea |
| Michael V. Lee | Republican | Yea |
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- SB 417 is sponsored by Danny Earl Britt, Jr. (Republican), Amy S. Galey (Republican), and Dan Blue (Democratic).
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- This bill died with 2021-2022 Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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