---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Register of Deeds' Pension."
description: "Increase Register of Deeds' Pension."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 676"
citation: "North Carolina HB 676 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "DEEDS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "RECORDATION OF INSTRUMENTS", "REGISTER OF DEEDS", "RETIREMENT", "REP. WEISS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carney", "Owens", "Weiss"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-14"
last_action: "2007-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/479c2fcd-6311-4978-a2f7-8685fb3b700c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H676&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9804fb10feb89363a2e92f86d7cec236c437b4e12d1bf2c5f823f80b9d2aed57"
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 676 (2007) — Increase Register of Deeds' Pension.

## 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/H676v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H676v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H676v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H676v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H676v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-245** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H676v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carney — primary (person)
- Owens — primary (person)
- Weiss — primary (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Blue — cosponsor (person)
- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holliman — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Mobley — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Spear — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)
- T. Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-20** Ch. SL 2007-245 `became-law`
- **2007-07-20** Signed By Gov. 7/20/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-12** Pres. To Gov. 7/12/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-11** Ratified
- **2007-07-10** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2007
- **2007-07-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-09** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-07-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-28** Placed On Cal For 7/3/2007
- **2007-06-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-24** Ref To Com On Pensions, Retirement & Aging `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-24** Rec From House
- **2007-05-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-22** Placed On Cal For 5/23/2007
- **2007-05-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-30** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-04-26** Placed On Cal For 4/30/2007
- **2007-04-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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/479c2fcd-6311-4978-a2f7-8685fb3b700c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).