---
type: "Bill"
title: "Payable on Death Accounts."
description: "Payable on Death Accounts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 686"
citation: "North Carolina HB 686 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH & DYING", "ESTATES", "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. HASTINGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-05"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d55b9d7-4fa9-4b0d-86fb-e33754d0ca16"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H686&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "44f9c1844682a92868868aefba43348cbf9e87d6582025e0c4e1ae099ca76905"
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 686 (2011) — Payable on Death Accounts.

## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H686v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H686v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H686v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H686v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-236** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H686v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading\M7 Postpone To\A Day Certain — **48–71** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hastings — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-236 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/16/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-15** Ratified
- **2011-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2011
- **2011-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-26** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Rec From House
- **2011-05-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-05-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-23** Placed On Cal For 5/24/2011
- **2011-05-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-07** Ref To Com On Banking `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d55b9d7-4fa9-4b0d-86fb-e33754d0ca16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).