---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retirement System Technical Changes.-AB"
description: "Retirement System Technical Changes.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 331"
citation: "North Carolina HB 331 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTUARIAL NOTES", "INSURANCE", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TSERS", "REP. BELL", "REP. G. WILSON", "CHAPTERED", "INSURANCE", "DISABILITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-05"
last_action: "2003-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9fd5fe2-7aa3-47d0-b130-96b541ac4f3e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H331&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7e2c386aa16094b1f4c24dfbf0cbfbb4db405e474b5086bff19dd74392129039"
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 331 (2003) — Retirement System Technical Changes.-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/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H331v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H331v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H331v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H331v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-359** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H331v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur\Sen. Amd. 2 — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- M11 Concur\Sen. Amd. 1 — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- G. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-01** Ch. SL 2003-359 `became-law`
- **2003-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-17** Ratified
- **2003-07-16** Concurred In S Amend #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-16** Concurred In S Amend #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2003
- **2003-07-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-15** Rec To Concur In S Amend
- **2003-07-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-14** Com Amend Adopted # 1 & # 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-14** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-30** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** Rec From House
- **2003-04-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-28** Placed On Cal For 4/29/2003
- **2003-04-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-06** Ref To Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9fd5fe2-7aa3-47d0-b130-96b541ac4f3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).