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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Increase Contributory Death Benefit.-AB"
+description: "Increase Contributory Death Benefit.-AB"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2007"
+identifier: "HB 779"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 779 (2007)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BOARDS", "CJRS", "DEATH & DYING", "DEATH BENEFITS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LIFE", "JUDGES", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LRS", "MAGISTRATES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TSERS", "TSERS BOARD", "REP. BELL", "CHAPTERED", "REP. J. HARRELL"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2007-03-14"
+last_action: "2007-08-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d640d7e-b68e-40eb-8102-4c46b731c1bc"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H779&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "e14b1c666748e0567398bb8656143521f66b394089795a2852aa880662596c15"
+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 779 (2007) — Increase Contributory Death Benefit.-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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H779v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H779v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H779v2.pdf)
+4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H779v3.pdf)
+5. **SL2007-496** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H779v4.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
+- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell — primary (person)
+- J. Harrell — cosponsor (person)
+- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2007-08-30** Ch. SL 2007-496 `became-law`
+- **2007-08-30** Signed By Gov. 8/30/2007 `executive-signature`
+- **2007-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/2/2007 `executive-receipt`
+- **2007-08-02** Ratified
+- **2007-08-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2007-07-31** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2007
+- **2007-07-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2007-07-23** Ref To Com On Pensions, Retirement & Aging `referral-committee`
+- **2007-07-23** Rec From House
+- **2007-07-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2007-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2007
+- **2007-07-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2007-07-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2007-04-25** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2007-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2007-03-15** Ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement and, if favorable, to the Com on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2007-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-03-14** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d640d7e-b68e-40eb-8102-4c46b731c1bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+