---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trustee's Power to Appoint to Other Trust."
description: "Trustee's Power to Appoint to Other Trust."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 481"
citation: "North Carolina SB 481 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRUSTS", "SEN. HARTSELL", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-09"
last_action: "2009-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/338e51d5-52c7-474a-8ce4-777ec1728a7e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S481&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c41e65a09960672fe43561b9a104024d94d9b7a1046952eb364d04a62642c95b"
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 481 (2009) — Trustee's Power to Appoint to Other Trust.

## 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/S481v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S481v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S481v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S481v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S481v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-318** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S481v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-17** Ch. SL 2009-318 `became-law`
- **2009-07-17** Signed By Gov. 7/17/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-13** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-09** Ratified
- **2009-07-08** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2009
- **2009-07-07** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-07-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/6/2009
- **2009-07-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-22** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/22/2009
- **2009-06-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-04** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-21** Ref to the Com on Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity, if favorable, Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-10** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/338e51d5-52c7-474a-8ce4-777ec1728a7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).