---
type: "Bill"
title: "Changes to Estates & Trusts Statutes."
description: "Changes to Estates & Trusts Statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 394"
citation: "North Carolina SB 394 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "ESTATES", "FIDUCIARIES", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "GUARDIANSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRUSTS", "CHAPTERED", "STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fc9eb2b-ab7e-4d16-944e-043454ef7531"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S394&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "abe54dcce16b67433f899ef4162dd96d06ec28efa7ddb77eac0d88a7004b671f"
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 394 (2019) — Changes to Estates & Trusts Statutes.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S394v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S394v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S394v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S394v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2019-113** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S394v4.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Daniel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-11** Ch. SL 2019-113 `became-law`
- **2019-07-11** Signed by Gov. 7/11/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** Ratified
- **2019-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-06-27** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-26** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2019-06-25** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-24** Placed On Cal For 06/25/2019
- **2019-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-19** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-13** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-09** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-05-07** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-01** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-28** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fc9eb2b-ab7e-4d16-944e-043454ef7531`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).