---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unclaimed Property Division Amendments/DMV Technical Changes."
description: "Unclaimed Property Division Amendments/DMV Technical Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 156"
citation: "North Carolina HB 156 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABANDONED PROPERTY", "ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "CHAPTERED", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "DMV", "ESCHEATS", "EXECUTIVE ORDERS", "GOVERNOR", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "STATE TREASURER", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75719363-02f2-4cc5-ac77-3f433994842e"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H156"
source_hash: "737fbd0cf0e712c3f096458d2038e0c5aff84db43469c3ab09ae215d9039036b"
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 156 (2021) — Unclaimed Property Division Amendments/DMV Technical Changes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H156v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H156v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H156v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H156v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H156v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2021-13** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H156v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-27** Ch. SL 2021-13 `became-law`
- **2021-04-27** Signed by Gov. 4/27/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-21** Pres. To Gov. 4/21/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** Ratified
- **2021-04-19** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-04-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Re-ref to Pensions and Retirement and Aging. If fav, re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-31** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-31** Special Message Received From House
- **2021-03-30** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-03-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-30** Added to Calendar
- **2021-03-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-03-30** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** Ref to the Com on State Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75719363-02f2-4cc5-ac77-3f433994842e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).