---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tenancy in Common/E-Notary/Small Claims Changes."
description: "Tenancy in Common/E-Notary/Small Claims Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 556"
citation: "North Carolina HB 556 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "DEEDS", "ESTATES", "HOUSING", "INTERPRETER LICENSING BOARD", "INTERPRETERS & TRANSLITERATORS", "JUDGMENTS & SETTLEMENTS", "LANDLORD & TENANT", "LANGUAGES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL ORDINANCES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "NOTARY PUBLIC", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "RENTALS & LEASING", "TITLE CHANGE", "VETO OVERRIDDEN", "VETOED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wheatley", "White"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-03"
last_action: "2024-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69658340-80a4-4ae3-80e1-a6d18dc6e157"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H556"
source_hash: "5988af766eac594da8cbfc16aff57446e2a65b90c5aab8060d67e17a3ed79a24"
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 556 (2023) — Tenancy in Common/E-Notary/Small Claims 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/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H556v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H556v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H556v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H556v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H556v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2024-47** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H556v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 11 Veto Override — **27–17** (pass) · upper
- Veto Override — **74–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wheatley — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-09** Ch. SL 2024-47 `became-law`
- **2024-09-09** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2024-09-09** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2024-09-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2024-08-01** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-01** Veto Received From House
- **2024-07-31** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2024-07-29** Placed On Cal For 07/31/2024
- **2024-07-29** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2024-07-10** Placed On Cal For 07/29/2024
- **2024-07-03** Received from the Governor
- **2024-07-03** Vetoed 07/03/2024 `executive-veto`
- **2024-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-27** Ratified
- **2024-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2024-06-26** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-26** Added to Calendar
- **2024-06-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2024-06-24** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-20** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2024-06-20** Special Message Sent To House
- **2024-06-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-06-20** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2024-06-20** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2024-06-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-19** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2024-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-11** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-20** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-20** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-04-20** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-04-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Placed On Cal For 04/19/2023
- **2023-04-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-04-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Ref to the Com on State Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69658340-80a4-4ae3-80e1-a6d18dc6e157`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).