---
type: "Bill"
title: "Assets of Ward's Estate."
description: "Assets of Ward's Estate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 605"
citation: "North Carolina SB 605 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ESTATES", "FIDUCIARIES", "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "INVESTMENTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRUSTS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. P. BERGER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-12"
last_action: "2009-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57ffc09f-086d-4e6f-b87c-16144077eda1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S605&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ce5bec63ebc0fa576f7fc68604c9e77811eaddb057c7ffb18a91f5c4917a5892"
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 605 (2009) — Assets of Ward's Estate.

## 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/S605v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S605v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S605v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S605v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-309** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S605v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berger of Rockingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-17** Ch. SL 2009-309 `became-law`
- **2009-07-17** Signed By Gov. 7/17/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-08** Pres. To Gov. 7/8/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-07** Ratified
- **2009-07-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2009
- **2009-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-17** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-11** Ref to the Com on Financial Institutions, if favorable, Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57ffc09f-086d-4e6f-b87c-16144077eda1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).