Today the Senate took a look at SB 853 - An Act to Modernize the Business Court in the Senate Finance Committee. The jurisdiction of that committee was the filing fee increase from $1000 to $1100 which the committee approved on Senator Apodaca's motion without discussion. Freshman Senator Tamara Barringer presented the bill. The Senate Judiciary I Committee will take up the bill tomorrow to look at the substantive proposed changes.

You can view the bill here. The NC Chamber looks to be pushing this bill hard. We can't tell how engaged the Administrative Office of the Courts is in this matter.