---
type: "Bill"
title: "Death Benefit for Part-Time Law Enforcement."
description: "Death Benefit for Part-Time Law Enforcement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 148"
citation: "North Carolina SB 148 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTUARIAL NOTES", "APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "DEATH & DYING", "DEATH BENEFITS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LIFE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "STATE TREASURER", "SEN. D. BERGER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-15"
last_action: "2005-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9766c900-037f-4587-9e0e-41a29231404d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S148&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ac8912b98790fdaab49782d8912fe7313946958a606707206789fd0596bf2e85"
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 148 (2005) — Death Benefit for Part-Time Law Enforcement.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S148v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S148v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S148v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S148v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S148v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S148v5.pdf)
7. **SL2005-376** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S148v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Boseman — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Cowell — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Holloman — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-08** Ch. SL 2005-376 `became-law`
- **2005-09-08** Signed By Gov. 9/8/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-26** Pres. To Gov. 8/24/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-24** Ratified
- **2005-08-24** Conf Report Adopted
- **2005-08-24** Placed On Cal For 8/24/2005
- **2005-08-24** Conf Com Reported
- **2005-08-24** Conf Com Appointed
- **2005-08-24** Conf Report Adopted
- **2005-08-24** Placed On Cal For 8/24/2005
- **2005-08-24** Conf Com Reported
- **2005-08-23** Conf Com Appointed
- **2005-08-23** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2005-08-23** Placed On Cal For 8/23/2005
- **2005-08-23** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-08-23** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2005-08-23** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2005-08-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-23** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-22** Placed On Cal For 8/23/2005
- **2005-08-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-22** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-07-13** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2005-07-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-02** Ref To Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-02** Rec From Senate
- **2005-06-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-01** Placed On Cal For 6/1/2005
- **2005-06-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-06-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-02-16** Ref to Pensions & Retirement and Aging. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9766c900-037f-4587-9e0e-41a29231404d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).