---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substitution of Trustees."
description: "Substitution of Trustees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 794"
citation: "North Carolina HB 794 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEEDS", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "HOUSING", "LOANS", "MORTGAGES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MARTIN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-25"
last_action: "2009-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1158b86-88cf-49b4-8f77-e4afae2378cf"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H794&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ca7a54ca30afef227073ea318ea1f923a8b50156cf86c78a4582cd140069331c"
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 794 (2009) — Substitution of Trustees.

## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H794v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H794v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H794v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H794v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-176** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H794v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Martin — primary (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Love — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-26** Ch. SL 2009-176 `became-law`
- **2009-06-26** Signed By Gov. 6/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-17** Pres. To Gov. 6/17/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-16** Ratified
- **2009-06-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-12** Rec From House
- **2009-05-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-07** Placed On Cal For 5/11/2009
- **2009-05-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-15** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-26** Ref to the Com on Financial Institutions, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1158b86-88cf-49b4-8f77-e4afae2378cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).