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SB 121 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

GSC Conveyances Between Spouses.

SB 121 clarifies when a surviving spouse loses the right to a life estate in marital property after their partner's death. It specifies that this right is forfeited if the spouse joined in a property transfer, signed a written waiver, or conveyed their interest before death. The law updates the process for claiming the life estate, requiring a formal petition filed with the court and recorded with property records. This directly affects married couples who own real estate together and need to understand inheritance rights under North Carolina law.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 21, 2025 Last action May 29, 2025
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What changed between versions

Filed → Edition 1 · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill update primarily involves formatting and technical corrections to the legislative text. The changes include updating the bill reference number from a draft identifier to the final version, adding the date the bill was referred to the Senate Rules Committee, and correcting a typo in a legal provision regarding life estate requests. These changes do not alter the substantive policy or eligibility criteria of the bill.
TECHNICAL

Updated the bill reference number from draft identifier DRS35012-MVz-2 to final version S121-v-1.

Added the date February 24, 2025 when the bill was referred to the Rules and Operations of the Senate committee.

REQUIREMENT

Corrected a typo in Section 45(4) by completing the phrase 'life estat' to 'life estate provided for in subsection (a) of this section' and adding a new subsection (c2) for petition descriptions.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 26, 2025

How they voted

51–0
Passed
Total votes 51
Mar 26, 2025
D Democratic20
20 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican31
31 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
3
Committee
7
May 29, 2025
Committee
Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Committee
Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed 3rd Reading
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reptd Fav
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Committee
Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reptd Fav
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Committee
Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
Feb 24, 2025
Committee
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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