---
type: "Bill"
title: "Access to Decedent's Safe-Deposit Box."
description: "Access to Decedent's Safe-Deposit Box."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 502"
citation: "North Carolina SB 502 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH & DYING", "ESTATES", "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. THOMAS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-20"
last_action: "2003-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dc30b6a-35dd-43bd-bf05-2915f561fd71"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S502&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c01e5438c5f48f23d9ebca4e37c5ad901132e06f8f7d2817913281a4b6882a4f"
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 SB 502 (2003) — Access to Decedent's Safe-Deposit Box.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S502v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S502v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S502v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S502v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-255** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S502v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-27** Ch. SL 2003-255 `became-law`
- **2003-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/26/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-18** Pres. To Gov. 6/18/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-17** Ratified
- **2003-06-16** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-12** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2003
- **2003-06-12** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-06-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/10/2003
- **2003-06-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-22** Ref To Com On Financial Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dc30b6a-35dd-43bd-bf05-2915f561fd71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).