---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real Estate/Settlement Agent Embezzlement."
description: "Real Estate/Settlement Agent Embezzlement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 764"
citation: "North Carolina SB 764 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "FRAUD", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "TRUSTS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. STEIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-23"
last_action: "2009-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f24c101f-fd68-4483-8373-2c9bdc1bcb37"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S764&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "40771ff5fc5ff38eba7f5223eb730130eb0e576186bcceb7e28dceeb34952725"
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 764 (2009) — Real Estate/Settlement Agent Embezzlement.

## 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/S764v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S764v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S764v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S764v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S764v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-348** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S764v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-27** Ch. SL 2009-348 `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
- **2009-07-16** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2009
- **2009-07-13** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2009
- **2009-07-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-17** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-14** Ref to the Com on Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f24c101f-fd68-4483-8373-2c9bdc1bcb37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).