---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amends Probate/Trusts/Wills Choice of Law."
description: "Amends Probate/Trusts/Wills Choice of Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 532"
citation: "North Carolina SB 532 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH & DYING", "ESTATES", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRUSTS", "WILLS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-02"
last_action: "2019-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/191a7e12-957f-45f0-8223-c78ede684da2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S532&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "156e0869cfb24d433d3dee8b73b54bdbdc69345607147ef3a744a08c03b36be3"
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 532 (2019) — Amends Probate/Trusts/Wills Choice of Law.

## 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/S532v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMN-4-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/4545/0/S532-AMN-4-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S532v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S532v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S532v3.pdf)
6. **SL 2019-178** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S532v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edwards — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-26** Ch. SL 2019-178 `became-law`
- **2019-07-26** Signed by Gov. 7/26/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-18** Ratified
- **2019-07-16** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-11** Placed On Cal For 07/15/2019
- **2019-07-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-07-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-09** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-05-08** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-05-07** Engrossed
- **2019-05-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** 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
- **2019-04-03** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/191a7e12-957f-45f0-8223-c78ede684da2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).