---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal Lincolnton Firemen's Supp. Retire."
description: "Repeal Lincolnton Firemen's Supp. Retire."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1607"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1607 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARTERS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FIREFIGHTING", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PERSONNEL", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SESSION LAWS", "REP. BAREFOOT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2002-06-10"
last_action: "2002-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4e8b1fe-c028-45f2-9583-88147123ffd1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1607&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c1677669535d70b510111fe6c3a8bf46e34b8753c4ef58da077d461b1d61b36d"
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 1607 (2001) — Repeal Lincolnton Firemen's Supp. Retire.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1607v1.pdf)
2. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1607v2.pdf)
3. **SL 2002-41** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1607v3.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2002-07-29** Ch. SL 2002-41 `became-law`
- **2002-07-29** Ratified
- **2002-07-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-07-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-07-15** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-15** Rec From House
- **2002-07-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2002
- **2002-07-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-07-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-18** Re-ref Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-11** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4e8b1fe-c028-45f2-9583-88147123ffd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).