---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unitrust Amendments."
description: "Unitrust Amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 461"
citation: "North Carolina SB 461 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FINANCIAL SERVICES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRUSTS", "SEN. HARTSELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-09"
last_action: "2005-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3ba86d3-3f7d-4393-8f48-610a4ef685bb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S461&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5e208d1ec834fe51c232c3c9dc12b66bbbb830fcb8841cc56176d9323530f0f1"
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 461 (2005) — Unitrust Amendments.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S461v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S461v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S461v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S461v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S461v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-244** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S461v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-07-30** Ch. SL 2005-244 `became-law`
- **2005-07-30** Signed By Gov. 7/30/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-25** Pres. To Gov. 7/22/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-21** Ratified
- **2005-07-20** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/20/2005
- **2005-07-19** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-06-29** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-29** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2005-06-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2005
- **2005-06-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-18** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-18** Rec From Senate
- **2005-04-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-12** Placed On Cal For 4/13/2005
- **2005-04-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-04-06** Placed On Cal For 4/12/2005
- **2005-04-06** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-04-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-04-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-10** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3ba86d3-3f7d-4393-8f48-610a4ef685bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).