---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Mecklenburg Law Enforce. Pension Fund."
description: "Amend Mecklenburg Law Enforce. Pension Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 474"
citation: "North Carolina HB 474 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "DEATH & DYING", "DEATH BENEFITS", "EMPLOYMENT", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LIFE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PERSONNEL", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SESSION LAWS", "REP. ALEXANDER", "MECKLENBURG COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-12"
last_action: "2003-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f572041-dd9a-4512-875c-31c9db90ba0c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H474&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "09b2f00a22b941855f61b771d9bdace5895b737cbcd505caeddee81bae410632"
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 474 (2003) — Amend Mecklenburg Law Enforce. Pension Fund.

## 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/H474v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H474v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H474v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H474v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-323** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H474v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- McMahan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-17** Ch. SL 2003-323 `became-law`
- **2003-07-16** Ratified
- **2003-07-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-24** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** Rec From House
- **2003-04-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-22** Placed On Cal For 4/23/2003
- **2003-04-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-13** Ref To Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f572041-dd9a-4512-875c-31c9db90ba0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).