---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unclaimed Property Notice Requirements.-AB"
description: "Unclaimed Property Notice Requirements.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 294"
citation: "North Carolina HB 294 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "ARTS", "BOARDS", "COUNCILS", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "NATURAL & CULTURAL RESOURCES DEPT.", "ESCHEATS", "MEMBERSHIP", "MUSEUM OF ART BOARD", "MUSEUMS", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "VOCATIONAL REHAB COUNCIL", "VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION", "CHAPTERED", "ABANDONED PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-08"
last_action: "2017-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb30ae5e-430e-40f2-ae17-ed65de7ba656"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H294&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ca697eed3c8bdd54ac26b7296ebcc16134cf6d55e2b3e21e4f2d2d4a6f93ee2a"
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 294 (2017) — Unclaimed Property Notice Requirements.-AB

## 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/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H294v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATG-60-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/5084/0/H294-ATG-60-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H294v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H294v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H294v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H294v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H294v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2017-134** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H294v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boswell — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-20** Ch. SL 2017-134 `became-law`
- **2017-07-20** Signed by Gov. 7/20/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-28** Ratified
- **2017-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-28** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-28** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-27** Engrossed
- **2017-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-27** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-21** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-07** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25** Placed On Cal For 04/26/2017
- **2017-04-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19** Serial Referral To Finance Stricken
- **2017-03-09** Ref to the Com on Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb30ae5e-430e-40f2-ae17-ed65de7ba656`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).