---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Definition of Retirement."
description: "Clarify Definition of Retirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 654"
citation: "North Carolina HB 654 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "DEFINITIONS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TSERS", "REP. E. WARREN", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-14"
last_action: "2007-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c9ae54b-7607-4242-996f-20619d16ebe7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H654&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6c0d9839fb92d7666cb38279e99377c0de87ed24d86d97eda56a257340e3c474"
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 654 (2007) — Clarify Definition of Retirement.

## 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/H654v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H654v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H654v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-143** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H654v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- E. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-29** Ch. SL 2007-143 `became-law`
- **2007-06-29** Signed By Gov. 6/29/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-29** Ratified
- **2007-06-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2007
- **2007-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-23** Ref To Com On Pensions, Retirement & Aging `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-23** Rec From House
- **2007-05-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-21** Placed On Cal For 5/22/2007
- **2007-05-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-25** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-15** Ref To Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c9ae54b-7607-4242-996f-20619d16ebe7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).