---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Trust Administration Act."
description: "Amend Trust Administration Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 656"
citation: "North Carolina HB 656 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SURETY & FIDELITY", "TRUSTS", "REP. CULPEPPER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-24"
last_action: "2003-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a79f19c-d70b-4daa-b04f-94fba5426798"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H656&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0c43e28a22ca4a06a39f81adcc094c287023d9e67faabfc85ec52b150d32f4bd"
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 HB 656 (2003) — Amend Trust Administration Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H656v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H656v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H656v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H656v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H656v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H656v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2003-261** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H656v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Culpepper — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-27** Ch. SL 2003-261 `became-law`
- **2003-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/26/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-19** Pres. To Gov. 6/19/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-18** Ratified
- **2003-06-17** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-12** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2003
- **2003-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-10** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-06-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-04** Placed On Cal For 6/5/2003
- **2003-06-04** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-05** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Held by Senate
- **2003-05-01** Rec From House
- **2003-04-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-29** Placed On Cal For 4/30/2003
- **2003-04-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-09** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-09** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-04-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a79f19c-d70b-4daa-b04f-94fba5426798`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).