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S222 • 2025

Contracts/Choice of Law & Forum.

Contracts/Choice of Law & Forum.

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Johnson, McInnis
Last action
2025-03-04
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Effective date
Not listed

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Contracts/Choice of Law & Forum.

Contracts/Choice of Law & Forum.

What This Bill Does

  • Contracts/Choice of Law & Forum.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-03-04 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  2. 2025-03-04 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-03-03 Senate

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Contracts/Choice of Law & Forum.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 222

Short Title: Contracts/Choice of Law & Forum. (Public)
Sponsors: Senator Johnson (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
March 4, 2025
*S222-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT PROVIDING THAT CHOICE OF LAW AND FORUM SELECTION PROVISIONS 2
SHALL NOT APPLY TO GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 1G-2 reads as rewritten: 5
"§ 1G-2. Definitions. 6
The following definitions apply in this Chapter: 7
(1) Business contract. – A contract or undertaking, contingent or otherwise, 8
entered into primarily for business or commercial purposes. The term does not 9
include a consumer contract or an contract, employment contract.contract, or 10
government contract. 11
… 12
(4) Government contract. – A contract or undertaking, contingent or otherwise, to 13
which the State of North Carolina or a county, municipality, or other public 14
body of the State of North Carolina is a party." 15
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to contracts 16
entered into, renewed, or amended on or after that date. 17