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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Extend Fire and Rescue Death Benefits."
+description: "Extend Fire and Rescue Death Benefits."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2007"
+identifier: "HB 1563"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 1563 (2007)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["DEATH & DYING", "DEATH BENEFITS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LIFE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RESCUE SQUADS", "WORKERS COMPENSATION", "REP. HOLLIMAN", "CHAPTERED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2007-04-17"
+last_action: "2008-08-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfb3ccb1-70aa-4f01-b0c2-1c63761b1ead"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1563&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "b7a22f2e59f494f1bc46b943a3b2dbfb417f0e7e6f5d01a1354d4453de52350a"
+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 1563 (2007) — Extend Fire and Rescue Death Benefits.
+
+## 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1563v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1563v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1563v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1563v3.pdf)
+5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1563v4.pdf)
+6. **SL2008-163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1563v5.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
+- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Faison — cosponsor (person)
+- Holliman — cosponsor (person)
+- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
+- Womble — cosponsor (person)
+- Wray — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2008-08-03** Ch. SL 2008-163 `became-law`
+- **2008-08-03** Signed By Gov. 8/3/2008 `executive-signature`
+- **2008-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2008 `executive-receipt`
+- **2008-07-17** Ratified
+- **2008-07-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2008-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2008
+- **2008-07-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2008-07-15** Ref To Com On Pensions, Retirement & Aging `referral-committee`
+- **2008-07-15** Rec From House
+- **2008-07-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2008-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2008
+- **2008-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2008-07-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2008-07-01** Re-ref Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
+- **2008-07-01** Withdrawn From Comm
+- **2007-07-25** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2007-07-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2007-04-18** Ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement and, if favorable, to the Com on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2007-04-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-04-17** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfb3ccb1-70aa-4f01-b0c2-1c63761b1ead`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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