---
type: "Bill"
title: "GSC Trusts and Estates Amendments."
description: "GSC Trusts and Estates Amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 197"
citation: "North Carolina SB 197 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "DEATH & DYING", "ESTATES", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRUSTS", "WILLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-08"
last_action: "2021-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f26dbe5-d0a8-4085-81f3-881ab79d71e0"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S197"
source_hash: "30f490f60c583edbac90d1acdb85f343cc9dd87bd0e2cf47806ade61b794a1e2"
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 197 (2021) — GSC Trusts and Estates Amendments.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S197v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S197v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S197v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2021-85** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S197v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)
- Galey — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-08** Ch. SL 2021-85 `became-law`
- **2021-07-08** Signed by Gov. 7/8/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Pres. To Gov. 7/6/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-02** Ratified
- **2021-06-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-06-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-30** Added to Calendar
- **2021-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-14** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-08** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-05** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-04-05** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-04-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-09** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f26dbe5-d0a8-4085-81f3-881ab79d71e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).