---
type: "Bill"
title: "Will/Unif. Principal and Income Act Changes."
description: "Will/Unif. Principal and Income Act Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 620"
citation: "North Carolina HB 620 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "CRIMES", "DEATH & DYING", "ESTATES", "GENERAL STATUTES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "ESTATE", "TITLE CHANGE", "WILLS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ROSS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ross"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-16"
last_action: "2010-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5e66457-3387-446b-b434-9bf9798b4117"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H620&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f9cd763c3a7458d01b3eb9ce95ea8472e0dac48eabde607e34f92c643611afbe"
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 620 (2009) — Will/Unif. Principal and Income Act Changes.

## 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/H620v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H620v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H620v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H620v3.pdf)
5. **SL2010-181** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H620v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **104–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ross — primary (person)
- E. Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Wiley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-08-02** Ch. SL 2010-181 `became-law`
- **2010-08-02** Signed By Gov. 8/2/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-09** Pres. To Gov. 7/9/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-09** Ratified
- **2010-07-08** Conf Report Adopted
- **2010-07-08** Conf Report Adopted
- **2010-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2010
- **2010-07-08** Conf Com Reported
- **2010-06-29** Conf Com Appointed
- **2010-06-22** Conf Com Appointed
- **2010-06-22** Failed concur in S/Com Sub
- **2010-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/22/2010
- **2010-06-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-17** Reptd Unfav For Conc `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2010-06-14** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-14** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2010-06-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-06-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-06-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-03** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-03** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-04-08** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-08** Rec From House
- **2009-04-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-06** Postponed To 4/7/2009
- **2009-04-02** Placed On Cal For 4/6/2009
- **2009-04-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-17** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `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/d5e66457-3387-446b-b434-9bf9798b4117`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).