---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trusts and Estate Planning Changes."
description: "Trusts and Estate Planning Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 407"
citation: "North Carolina SB 407 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BANKING COMN.", "BANKS", "COMMISSIONS", "COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "ESTATES", "FEES", "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRUSTS", "SEN. HARTSELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-23"
last_action: "2011-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c97ee826-1cd1-4227-a1b1-2a6bf6360bba"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S407&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b5b92fcbb3c159bfb28adfb976e63c1a115c72dfc9fd41b78d02a07ae9b69d77"
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 407 (2011) — Trusts and Estate Planning Changes.

## 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/S407v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S407v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S407v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S407v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-339** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S407v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-27** Ch. SL 2011-339 `became-law`
- **2011-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/27/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-17** Ratified
- **2011-06-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
- **2011-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-15** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-09** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-11** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-04-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c97ee826-1cd1-4227-a1b1-2a6bf6360bba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).