---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic Reporting of Abandoned Property.-AB"
description: "Electronic Reporting of Abandoned Property.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 723"
citation: "North Carolina HB 723 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNCIL OF STATE", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "ESCHEATS", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "STATE TREASURER", "REP. TUCKER", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-19"
last_action: "2009-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b24fd4c-5b4a-4d76-b329-b2feae2202ed"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H723&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5a451d59ac6ff387a0ddc7b699d64ee0c6626ecdbfaf83ce598c4af786f31d56"
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 723 (2009) — Electronic Reporting of Abandoned Property.-AB

## 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/H723v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H723v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H723v2.pdf)
4. **SL2009-177** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H723v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-26** Ch. SL 2009-177 `became-law`
- **2009-06-26** Signed By Gov. 6/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-19** Pres. To Gov. 6/19/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-18** Ratified
- **2009-06-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-19** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2009
- **2009-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-08** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-23** Ref to the Com on State Government/State Personnel, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b24fd4c-5b4a-4d76-b329-b2feae2202ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).