---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter School Retirement Election."
description: "Charter School Retirement Election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 485"
citation: "North Carolina HB 485 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTUARIAL NOTES", "CHARTER SCHOOLS", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "TEACHERS", "TSECMMP", "TSERS", "REP. SHERRILL", "BUNCOMBE COUNTY", "ASHEVILLE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GOFORTH", "REP. FISHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fisher", "Goforth"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-03"
last_action: "2005-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4277a18c-e822-4643-b45f-364fd6c6db5e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H485&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "fb81e2c139ff018575d7ff15e093cc170fdf65ab172df90ea86691dfe87608dc"
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 485 (2005) — Charter School Retirement Election.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H485v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H485v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H485v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H485v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-315** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H485v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fisher — primary (person)
- Goforth — primary (person)
- Sherrill — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-08-25** Ch. SL 2005-315 `became-law`
- **2005-08-25** Signed By Gov. 8/25/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-18** Pres. To Gov. 8/17/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-16** Ratified
- **2005-08-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-12** Placed On Cal For 8/12/2005
- **2005-08-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-08-10** Re-ref Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2005-08-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-09** Ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-09** Rec From House
- **2005-05-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-03** Placed On Cal For 5/4/2005
- **2005-04-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-04-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-07** Ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement and, if favorable, to the Com on Health `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4277a18c-e822-4643-b45f-364fd6c6db5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).