---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extend Fire and Rescue Death Benefits."
description: "Extend Fire and Rescue Death Benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1563"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1563 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH & DYING", "DEATH BENEFITS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LIFE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RESCUE SQUADS", "WORKERS COMPENSATION", "REP. HOLLIMAN", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-17"
last_action: "2008-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfb3ccb1-70aa-4f01-b0c2-1c63761b1ead"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1563&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b7a22f2e59f494f1bc46b943a3b2dbfb417f0e7e6f5d01a1354d4453de52350a"
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 1563 (2007) — Extend Fire and Rescue Death Benefits.

## 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1563v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1563v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1563v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1563v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1563v4.pdf)
6. **SL2008-163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1563v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Holliman — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-08-03** Ch. SL 2008-163 `became-law`
- **2008-08-03** Signed By Gov. 8/3/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-17** Ratified
- **2008-07-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2008
- **2008-07-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-15** Ref To Com On Pensions, Retirement & Aging `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-15** Rec From House
- **2008-07-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2008
- **2008-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-01** Re-ref Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-01** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-07-25** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-18** Ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement and, if favorable, to the Com on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfb3ccb1-70aa-4f01-b0c2-1c63761b1ead`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).