---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correct Henderson Firemen's Supp. Retire."
description: "Correct Henderson Firemen's Supp. Retire."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 544"
citation: "North Carolina SB 544 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FIREFIGHTING", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PERSONNEL", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SESSION LAWS", "SEN. WELLONS", "VANCE COUNTY", "HENDERSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2001-03-19"
last_action: "2001-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1b8b395-5ce5-4e73-a4da-21a4033d9f5d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S544&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b1fba80a12e0c8e2bab71c6a6d9bb667bdce7128349d1cf4d0c4c25040bb6835"
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 SB 544 (2001) — Correct Henderson 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/Senate/PDF/S544v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S544v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S544v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S544v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-71** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S544v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Amendment 1 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wellons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-15** Ch. SL 2001-71 `became-law`
- **2001-05-15** Ratified
- **2001-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-10** Placed On Cal For 5/14/2001
- **2001-05-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-17** Ref To Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-17** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-12** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-11** Com Amend Adpt & Engross
- **2001-04-11** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-20** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1b8b395-5ce5-4e73-a4da-21a4033d9f5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).