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Read. Follow. Verify.North Carolina updates nonprofit corporation laws, amends merger and conversion rules, and aligns charitable solicitation disclosures
Last action · July 8, 2026: Ch. SL 2026-52Sponsors: Heather Rhyne and 16 others
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What This Bill Would Do
North Carolina enacts comprehensive updates to the Nonprofit Corporations Act, establishing new procedures for mergers, sales of assets, , and conversions involving nonprofit entities, while requiring electronic annual reports to the Secretary of State starting in 2027.
Nonprofit corporations operating in North Carolina must comply with new reporting mandates, revised governance structures, and updated rules for mergers, asset sales, and entity conversions, impacting their administrative obligations and operational compliance.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Nonprofit corporations
Domestic and foreign nonprofit corporations must comply with new electronic annual reporting requirements, revised merger and asset sale procedures, and updated board governance rules.
Charitable organizations and sponsors
Charitable organizations can satisfy state solicitation disclosure rules using federal tax deduction written acknowledgments and must comply with revised merger and conversion rules.
Secretary of State
The Secretary of State is tasked with receiving electronic annual reports, processing domestication and conversion filings, and managing administrative dissolutions for delinquent entities.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
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Procedural history
35 actions- Jun 30, 2026HouseOrdered Enrolled
- Jun 30, 2026HouseConcurred In S Com Sub
- Jun 29, 2026HousePlaced On Cal For 06/30/2026
- Jun 29, 2026HouseCal Pursuant 36(b)
- Jun 25, 2026HouseRegular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- Jun 25, 2026SenateRegular Message Sent To House
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- Jun 24, 2026SenateEngrossed
- Jun 24, 2026SenatePassed 3rd Reading
- Jun 24, 2026SenatePassed 2nd Reading
- Jun 24, 2026SenateAmend Adopted A1
- Jun 23, 2026SenateReptd Fav
- Jun 18, 2026SenateRe-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- Jun 18, 2026SenateCom Substitute Adopted
- Jun 18, 2026SenateReptd Fav Com Substitute
- Jun 16, 2026SenateRe-ref Com On Finance
- Jun 16, 2026SenateCom Substitute Adopted
- Jun 16, 2026SenateReptd Fav Com Substitute
- Jun 11, 2026SenateRe-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
- Jun 11, 2026SenateWithdrawn From Com
- Jun 26, 2025SenateRef To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- Jun 26, 2025SenatePassed 1st Reading
- Jun 26, 2025SenateSpecial Message Received From House
- Jun 26, 2025HouseSpecial Message Sent To Senate
- Jun 25, 2025HousePassed 3rd Reading
- Jun 25, 2025HousePassed 2nd Reading
- Jun 25, 2025HouseAdded to Calendar
- Jun 25, 2025HouseCal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- Jun 25, 2025HouseReptd Fav
- Jun 24, 2025HouseRe-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Jun 24, 2025HouseReptd Fav
- Jun 10, 2025HouseRe-ref Com On Finance
- Jun 10, 2025HouseReptd Fav
- Mar 27, 2025HouseRef to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Mar 27, 2025HousePassed 1st Reading
- Mar 25, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Sponsors
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Discoveries
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Transition to Mandatory Electronic Annual Reporting
The legislation transitions North Carolina nonprofits to a mandatory electronic annual reporting system linked with the Secretary of State, backed by administrative dissolution for non-compliance.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance80How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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