---
type: "Bill"
title: "Optional Retirement Program Changes."
description: "Optional Retirement Program Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 853"
citation: "North Carolina HB 853 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTUARIAL NOTES", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TSERS", "REP. INSKO", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-21"
last_action: "2006-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e09fc219-c79a-448b-ab79-c5156d5f5163"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H853&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5f23a3ae85a61fc3cf415125a6f4aa9d22e3d0b8235f8bdb07388c7810d8065a"
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 853 (2005) — Optional Retirement Program Changes.

## 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/H853v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H853v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H853v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H853v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H853v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H853v5.pdf)
7. **SL2006-172** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H853v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **105–3** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-08-01** Ch. SL 2006-172 `became-law`
- **2006-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-18** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-18** Ratified
- **2006-07-17** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2006
- **2006-07-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-13** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2006-07-12** Engrossed
- **2006-07-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-12** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2006-07-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-28** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-28** Rec From House
- **2006-06-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-26** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2006
- **2006-06-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-06-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-22** Ref To Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e09fc219-c79a-448b-ab79-c5156d5f5163`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).