---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempt Certain Columbariums/Cemetery Act."
description: "Exempt Certain Columbariums/Cemetery Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 796"
citation: "North Carolina HB 796 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CEMETERIES", "CREMATION", "FUNERAL SERVICES", "PLANNING & ZONING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-10"
last_action: "2013-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f15ad12-8048-4781-8528-f73ec1c2f60a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H796&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "344339a83c4c2b0c4a498a5df86b48cafbcecd71ebdc6ec40368c5579d33dc71"
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 796 (2013) — Exempt Certain Columbariums/Cemetery Act.

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H796v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H796v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H796v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H796v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-335** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H796v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-23** Ch. SL 2013-335 `became-law`
- **2013-07-23** Signed by Gov. 7/23/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-16** Ratified
- **2013-07-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-15** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-11** Placed On Cal For 07/15/2013
- **2013-07-11** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-07-10** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-07-10** Rec From Senate
- **2013-07-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-02** Placed On Cal For 07/09/2013
- **2013-07-02** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-07-02** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2013-07-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-07-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-15** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-15** Rec From House
- **2013-05-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-13** Placed On Cal For 05/14/2013
- **2013-05-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-11** Ref To Com On Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f15ad12-8048-4781-8528-f73ec1c2f60a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).