---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Gov't Employees/457 Plan."
description: "Local Gov't Employees/457 Plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 1312"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1312 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. DORSETT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-24"
last_action: "2004-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ab8a9d4-e293-4a0b-bf96-6d78dc1336a9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S1312&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "31edf53a662934c5b738f633195ff7dcaf0054e9d9c15462f7559d0ffe60780e"
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 1312 (2003) — Local Gov't Employees/457 Plan.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1312v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1312v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1312v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1312v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1312v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2004-137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1312v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-29** Ch. SL 2004-137 `became-law`
- **2004-07-29** Signed By Gov. 7/29/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-13** Pres. To Gov. 7/12/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-12** Ratified
- **2004-07-09** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2004
- **2004-07-08** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2004-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2004
- **2004-07-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-07-01** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2004-06-24** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2004-06-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-08** Ref To Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-08** Rec From Senate
- **2004-06-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2004-06-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-25** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ab8a9d4-e293-4a0b-bf96-6d78dc1336a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).