---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Durham Firefighters' Retirement."
description: "Amend Durham Firefighters' Retirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 733"
citation: "North Carolina HB 733 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FIREFIGHTING", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SESSION LAWS", "REP. MICHAUX", "DURHAM", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-26"
last_action: "2003-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c404a693-f09f-4d82-b91c-d81cc6a207c7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H733&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6d7366219b00edcaca0c931efdda774d8083ac3e5840aac10947e9e02fea4cb6"
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 733 (2003) — Amend Durham Firefighters' Retirement.

## 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/H733v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H733v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H733v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H733v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-325** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H733v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Sen. Amend. #1\M11 Concur — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michaux — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-18** Ch. SL 2003-325 `became-law`
- **2003-07-17** Ratified
- **2003-07-16** Concurred In S Amend `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 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-14** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-22** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** Rec From House
- **2003-04-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-10** Placed On Cal For 4/14/2003
- **2003-04-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-27** Ref To Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c404a693-f09f-4d82-b91c-d81cc6a207c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).