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H477 • 2025

Retirement Death Benefits Rewrite.-AB

Retirement Death Benefits Rewrite.-AB

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Enacted

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Sponsor
Carson Smith, Wheatley, G. Pierce, Willingham
Last action
2025-06-13
Official status
Ch. SL 2025-11
Effective date
2025-06-13

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Filed

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Filed

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Filed

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-13 North Carolina General Assembly

    Ch. SL 2025-11

  2. 2025-06-13 North Carolina General Assembly

    Signed by Gov. 6/13/2025

  3. 2025-06-05 North Carolina General Assembly

    Pres. To Gov. 6/5/2025

  4. 2025-06-04 North Carolina General Assembly

    Ratified

  5. 2025-06-03 House

    Ordered Enrolled

  6. 2025-06-03 House

    Concurred In S Com Sub

  7. 2025-06-02 House

    Placed On Cal For 06/03/2025

  8. 2025-06-02 House

    Withdrawn From Com

  9. 2025-05-27 House

    Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  10. 2025-05-23 House

    Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub

  11. 2025-05-23 Senate

    Regular Message Sent To House

  12. 2025-05-22 Senate

    Passed 3rd Reading

  13. 2025-05-22 Senate

    Passed 2nd Reading

  14. 2025-05-21 Senate

    Reptd Fav

  15. 2025-05-20 Senate

    Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  16. 2025-05-20 Senate

    Com Substitute Adopted

  17. 2025-05-20 Senate

    Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  18. 2025-05-19 Senate

    Re-ref to Pensions and Retirement and Aging. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  19. 2025-05-19 Senate

    Withdrawn From Com

  20. 2025-04-30 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  21. 2025-04-30 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  22. 2025-04-30 Senate

    Regular Message Received From House

  23. 2025-04-30 House

    Regular Message Sent To Senate

  24. 2025-04-29 House

    Ordered Engrossed

  25. 2025-04-29 House

    Passed 3rd Reading

  26. 2025-04-29 House

    Passed 2nd Reading

  27. 2025-04-29 House

    Amend Adopted A1

  28. 2025-04-28 House

    Placed On Cal For 04/29/2025

  29. 2025-04-28 House

    Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  30. 2025-04-28 House

    Reptd Fav

  31. 2025-04-15 House

    Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  32. 2025-04-15 House

    Reptd Fav Com Sub 2

  33. 2025-04-09 House

    Re-ref Com On Judiciary 1

  34. 2025-04-09 House

    Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  35. 2025-03-24 House

    Ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  36. 2025-03-24 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  37. 2025-03-20 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

H477-SMBC-111(sl)-v-2
(2025-09-15): Retirement Death Benefits Rewrite.
H477-SMBP-12(e1)-v-4
(2025-04-09): Retirement Death Benefits Rewrite.
H477-SMBP-50(e4)-v-2
(2025-05-20): Retirement Death Benefits Rewrite.
H477-SMBP-51(e5)-v-2
(2025-05-21): Retirement Death Benefits Rewrite.
H477-SMRN-39(CSRNap-12)-v-2
(2025-04-15): Retirement Death Benefits Rewrite.
H477-SMRN-42(e3)-v-2
(2025-04-28): Retirement Death Benefits Rewrite.