---
type: "Bill"
title: "Devisee/Devise/Statutory Construction."
description: "Devisee/Devise/Statutory Construction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 252"
citation: "North Carolina SB 252 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEFINITIONS", "ESTATES", "GENERAL STATUTES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. HARTSELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-08"
last_action: "2011-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e33b6389-b764-4fb6-bbf1-3c28d6791122"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S252&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9fca861780baf596f46ba7c8dbf1ccbe317ae45fc88a67624670859e9cffdcd5"
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 252 (2011) — Devisee/Devise/Statutory Construction.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S252v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S252v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S252v2.pdf)
4. **SL2011-284** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S252v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-24** Ch. SL 2011-284 `became-law`
- **2011-06-24** Signed By Gov. 6/24/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-14** Ratified
- **2011-06-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/13/2011
- **2011-06-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-31** Assigned To Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** Ref To Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-24** Placed On Cal For 3/29/2011
- **2011-03-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-09** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e33b6389-b764-4fb6-bbf1-3c28d6791122`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).