---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retirement/Teacher Exchange Programs."
description: "Retirement/Teacher Exchange Programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1478"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1478 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTUARIAL NOTES", "EDUCATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TSERS", "REP. HACKNEY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-13"
last_action: "2004-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f832ca5-d04e-4e94-bc1b-d86ac5e415a6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1478&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2ea0f8c10202b711a101116763983b1428b923ddd4377bd0f1ffa0e828b6bcf3"
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 1478 (2003) — Retirement/Teacher Exchange Programs.

## 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/H1478v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1478v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1478v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2004-81** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1478v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-08** Ch. SL 2004-81 `became-law`
- **2004-07-09** Signed By Gov. 7/8/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-06** Pres. To Gov. 7/2/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-01** Ratified
- **2004-06-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-30** Placed On Cal For 6/30/2004
- **2004-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-16** Re-ref Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-16** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2004-06-14** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-14** Rec From House
- **2004-06-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/9/2004
- **2004-06-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-17** Ref To Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f832ca5-d04e-4e94-bc1b-d86ac5e415a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).