---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elective Share-Joint Accounts."
description: "Elective Share-Joint Accounts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 736"
citation: "North Carolina HB 736 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH & DYING", "ESTATES", "FEES", "FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS", "MARRIAGE & CIVIL UNIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "ESTATE", "CHAPTERED", "FAMILY ISSUES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conrad", "Zachary"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-11"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36bccdf1-568a-44c9-9b6a-9eb0e06ca65c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H736&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6c3b56f2ded4c40cdde7fe0d956e6fbed2384137cfbe69bee54405663defe4ad"
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 736 (2019) — Elective Share-Joint Accounts.

## 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/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H736v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H736v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H736v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H736v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H736v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H736v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2020-60** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H736v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **113–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Conrad — primary (person)
- Zachary — primary (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- R. Turner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-30** Ch. SL 2020-60 `became-law`
- **2020-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-24** Pres. To Gov. 6/24/2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-24** Ratified
- **2020-06-23** Ordered Enrolled
- **2020-06-23** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2020
- **2020-06-22** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2020-06-22** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2020-06-22** Special Message Sent To House
- **2020-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-16** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2020-06-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-09** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-07-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-07-29** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-07-25** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-07-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-23** Placed On Cal For 07/24/2019
- **2019-07-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-07-23** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-11** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-10** Re-ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-10** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- **2019-07-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36bccdf1-568a-44c9-9b6a-9eb0e06ca65c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).