---
type: "Bill"
title: "Financial Exploitation of Older Adults."
description: "Financial Exploitation of Older Adults."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 140"
citation: "North Carolina SB 140 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "COMMERCE", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "CRIMES", "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "FRAUD", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TASK FORCES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 11
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-27"
last_action: "2013-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42a2e0fe-e7e3-4430-8042-59df1d19892f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S140&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "79382d40ca2bdb4900172fcb9319a2459662ccc0c0e26ff447c21d49d8a4b281"
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 140 (2013) — Financial Exploitation of Older Adults.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S140v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AME-44-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/6825/0/S140-AME-44-V-2)
3. **A1: ATG-8-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/3270/0/S140-ATG-8-V-2)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S140v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S140v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S140v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S140v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S140v5.pdf)
9. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S140v6.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S140v7.pdf)
11. **SL2013-337** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S140v8.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
- Barringer — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- D. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- McLaurin — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-23** Ch. SL 2013-337 `became-law`
- **2013-07-23** Signed by Gov. 7/23/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-18** Pres. To Gov. 07/18/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-17** Ratified
- **2013-07-16** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-16** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-15** Placed On Cal For 07/16/2013
- **2013-07-15** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-07-11** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-07-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-11** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-10** Added to Calendar
- **2013-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-07-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-07-08** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-04-22** Assigned To Regulatory Reform Subcommittee on Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Ref to the Com on Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-10** Rec From Senate
- **2013-04-09** Engrossed
- **2013-04-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-09** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-03-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-28** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42a2e0fe-e7e3-4430-8042-59df1d19892f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).