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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Broaden Coverage/Fire and Rescue Pension."
+description: "Broaden Coverage/Fire and Rescue Pension."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2003"
+identifier: "HB 543"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 543 (2003)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ACTUARIAL NOTES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FIREFIGHTING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RESCUE SQUADS", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MCGEE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2003-03-17"
+last_action: "2003-08-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e541b911-2837-4f04-8059-65e680340c52"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H543&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "6411af8c26230a0aa22c01e6273eaaaa4f960bca6d2983880fa1c2fb020a98b1"
+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 543 (2003) — Broaden Coverage/Fire and Rescue Pension.
+
+## 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/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H543v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H543v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H543v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H543v3.pdf)
+5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H543v4.pdf)
+6. **SL 2003-362** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H543v5.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Frye — cosponsor (person)
+- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
+- Justice — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- LaRoque — cosponsor (person)
+- McGee — cosponsor (person)
+- McHenry — cosponsor (person)
+- Moore — cosponsor (person)
+- Pate — cosponsor (person)
+- Sauls — cosponsor (person)
+- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
+- Walker — cosponsor (person)
+- Womble — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2003-08-01** Ch. SL 2003-362 `became-law`
+- **2003-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2003 `executive-signature`
+- **2003-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2003 `executive-receipt`
+- **2003-07-17** Ratified
+- **2003-07-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2003-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2003
+- **2003-07-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-07-14** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
+- **2003-07-14** Rec From House
+- **2003-07-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2003-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2003
+- **2003-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2003-07-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-04-02** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2003-04-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-03-18** Ref To Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
+- **2003-03-17** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e541b911-2837-4f04-8059-65e680340c52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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