---
type: "Bill"
title: "Testamentary Recommendation of Guardian."
description: "Testamentary Recommendation of Guardian."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1394"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1394 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH & DYING", "ESTATES", "GUARDIANSHIP", "INCOMPETENTS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WILLS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MOORE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-20"
last_action: "2005-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58b09965-c5c2-46de-8afd-270167c4f9a9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1394&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8a7c339c4ffa1f21a748698a448c13254ac2e66e74b4ec4d47df6f9a89bd96e3"
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 1394 (2005) — Testamentary Recommendation of Guardian.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1394v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1394v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1394v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1394v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-333** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1394v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Moore — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-08-29** Ch. SL 2005-333 `became-law`
- **2005-08-29** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-18** Pres. To Gov. 8/17/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-16** Ratified
- **2005-08-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-12** Placed On Cal For 8/12/2005
- **2005-08-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-31** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-31** Rec From House
- **2005-05-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-25** Placed On Cal For 5/26/2005
- **2005-05-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58b09965-c5c2-46de-8afd-270167c4f9a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).