---
type: "Bill"
title: "Order of Payment/Equitable Distribution."
description: "Order of Payment/Equitable Distribution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 804"
citation: "North Carolina HB 804 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DIVORCE", "EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION", "ESTATES", "MARRIAGE & FAMILY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. HACKNEY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GOODWIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hackney"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-17"
last_action: "2005-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93a620ee-d529-4ec7-bcff-f8565a61b3ff"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H804&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "99090636a1c42f3e3b2d1aad8bc2422bc45b9540136c21bad3b21f587199d849"
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 804 (2005) — Order of Payment/Equitable Distribution.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H804v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H804v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H804v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H804v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-180** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H804v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hackney — primary (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-07-12** Ch. SL 2005-180 `became-law`
- **2005-07-12** Signed By Gov. 7/12/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-07** Pres. To Gov. 7/7/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-06** Ratified
- **2005-07-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/5/2005
- **2005-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-11** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-11** Rec From House
- **2005-04-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-06** Placed On Cal For 4/7/2005
- **2005-03-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-03-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93a620ee-d529-4ec7-bcff-f8565a61b3ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).