---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wills/Bequests to Drafting Attorney."
description: "Wills/Bequests to Drafting Attorney."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1390"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1390 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "DEATH & DYING", "ESTATES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "WILLS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MACKEY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall", "Mackey", "Mobley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-09"
last_action: "2009-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17f4c0e4-7c76-427b-a9da-4d889445cd54"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1390&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4c12d37713dca5f9d8deea4c961d58a5da550e0b02ff924729be9a48baac60bd"
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 1390 (2009) — Wills/Bequests to Drafting Attorney.

## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1390v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARL-13-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1066/0/H1390-ARL-13-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1390v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1390v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1390v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1390v4.pdf)
7. **SL2009-182** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1390v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)
- Mackey — primary (person)
- Mobley — primary (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- K. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-26** Ch. SL 2009-182 `became-law`
- **2009-06-26** Signed By Gov. 6/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-17** Pres. To Gov. 6/17/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-16** Ratified
- **2009-06-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-05-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-14** Com Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-13** Placed On Cal For 5/14/2009
- **2009-05-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-13** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-07** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-13** Ref to the Com on Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17f4c0e4-7c76-427b-a9da-4d889445cd54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).