---
type: "Bill"
title: "Update Funeral Expense Allowance/Estates."
description: "Update Funeral Expense Allowance/Estates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 159"
citation: "North Carolina SB 159 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH & DYING", "ESTATES", "FUNERAL SERVICES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. P. BERGER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-11"
last_action: "2009-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8a1e935-b02a-4fce-a349-9def952eb59a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S159&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "932488b12361aa57873a792c6bf9293b120f71c5a0909f2037df45a2a778ba64"
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 SB 159 (2009) — Update Funeral Expense Allowance/Estates.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S159v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S159v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S159v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S159v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S159v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-288** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S159v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Rockingham — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- East — cosponsor (person)
- Goodall — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Jacumin — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-10** Ch. SL 2009-288 `became-law`
- **2009-07-10** Signed By Gov. 7/10/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-02** Pres. To Gov. 7/2/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-01** Ratified
- **2009-06-30** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-29** Placed On Cal For 6/30/2009
- **2009-06-29** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-06-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-24** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2009
- **2009-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-02** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-30** Ref to the Com on Judiciary I, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-03-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-12** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8a1e935-b02a-4fce-a349-9def952eb59a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).