---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business Trusts."
description: "Business Trusts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 615"
citation: "North Carolina HB 615 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRUSTS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MARTIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-16"
last_action: "2009-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/352b17d3-b185-4c16-9da5-5852f3f62194"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H615&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "47e35e865032f79a5e466eb9b1e1b81811880b4d4100ffbfad26bc4bf355e6bc"
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 615 (2009) — Business Trusts.

## 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/H615v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H615v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H615v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H615v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H615v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-174** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H615v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Martin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-26** Ch. SL 2009-174 `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`
- **2009-05-14** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-11** Placed On Cal For 5/12/2009
- **2009-05-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-11** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-05** Re-ref Com On Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-17** Ref to the Com on Judiciary I, if favorable, Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/352b17d3-b185-4c16-9da5-5852f3f62194`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).