---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise Simultaneous Death Act."
description: "Revise Simultaneous Death Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 775"
citation: "North Carolina HB 775 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH & DYING", "ESTATES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WILLS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ROSS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-14"
last_action: "2007-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f19dfde-460e-498a-9e37-5a096061bde1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H775&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "59306cab8fa85d914c9a55a0e2055d41ce9b3aba591f4edd1ebd1fc101d73ff8"
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 775 (2007) — Revise Simultaneous Death 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H775v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H775v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H775v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-132** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H775v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-27** Ch. SL 2007-132 `became-law`
- **2007-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/27/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-19** Pres. To Gov. 6/19/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-18** Ratified
- **2007-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-16** Rec From House
- **2007-04-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-04-10** Postponed To 4/11/2007
- **2007-04-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-04-05** Placed On Cal For 4/10/2007
- **2007-04-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-04-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f19dfde-460e-498a-9e37-5a096061bde1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).