---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise Elective Share Statutes."
description: "Revise Elective Share Statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 765"
citation: "North Carolina HB 765 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ESTATES", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "INHERITANCE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. STAM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-24"
last_action: "2009-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1c98649-2d6f-4fc0-9066-7fbb16e55fac"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H765&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ddcea8d2c338930efa95dbc3f7e215e3305c8d0792f4bd4f1b3f7b32a1b0659a"
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 765 (2009) — Revise Elective Share Statutes.

## 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/H765v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H765v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H765v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H765v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H765v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-368** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H765v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-27** Ch. SL 2009-368 `became-law`
- **2009-07-27** Signed By Gov. 7/27/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-16** Ratified
- **2009-07-15** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2009
- **2009-07-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-07-13** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-13** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2009
- **2009-07-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-13** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-13** Rec From House
- **2009-04-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-08** Placed On Cal For 4/9/2009
- **2009-04-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1c98649-2d6f-4fc0-9066-7fbb16e55fac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).