---
type: "Bill"
title: "Estate Planning Law Changes."
description: "Estate Planning Law Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 50"
citation: "North Carolina SB 50 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "DEATH & DYING", "ESTATES", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "GUARDIANSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SUPERIOR COURT", "TRUSTS", "WILLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60ee032b-5f1d-4b97-94a9-cf86bdc682ed"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S50"
source_hash: "9b30a0ef3cc9d9979dbb18b65f00cb4f9c56ed59c97d4ed3ae68def805dac858"
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 50 (2021) — Estate Planning Law 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/Senate/PDF/S50v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATC-87-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/52073/0/S50-ATC-87-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S50v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S50v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S50v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S50v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S50v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S50v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2021-53** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S50v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- A2 Morey Second Reading — **46–61** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel — primary (person)
- Galey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-25** Ch. SL 2021-53 `became-law`
- **2021-06-25** Signed by Gov. 6/25/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-17** Pres. To Gov. 6/17/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Ratified
- **2021-06-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-06-15** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-14** Placed On Cal For 06/15/2021
- **2021-06-14** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2021-06-10** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-06-09** Ordered Engrossed
- **2021-06-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-09** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-06-09** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-08** Placed On Cal For 06/09/2021
- **2021-06-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-06-08** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 4, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-02** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-03-02** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-03-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** Placed On Cal For 03/01/2021
- **2021-02-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-02-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-04** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-02-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60ee032b-5f1d-4b97-94a9-cf86bdc682ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).