---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Contributory Death Benefit.-AB"
description: "Increase Contributory Death Benefit.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 779"
citation: "North Carolina HB 779 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CJRS", "DEATH & DYING", "DEATH BENEFITS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LIFE", "JUDGES", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LRS", "MAGISTRATES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TSERS", "TSERS BOARD", "REP. BELL", "CHAPTERED", "REP. J. HARRELL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-14"
last_action: "2007-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d640d7e-b68e-40eb-8102-4c46b731c1bc"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H779&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e14b1c666748e0567398bb8656143521f66b394089795a2852aa880662596c15"
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 779 (2007) — Increase Contributory Death Benefit.-AB

## 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/H779v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H779v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H779v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H779v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-496** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H779v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- J. Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-30** Ch. SL 2007-496 `became-law`
- **2007-08-30** Signed By Gov. 8/30/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/2/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-02** Ratified
- **2007-08-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-31** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2007
- **2007-07-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-23** Ref To Com On Pensions, Retirement & Aging `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-23** Rec From House
- **2007-07-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2007
- **2007-07-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-25** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-15** Ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement and, if favorable, to the Com on Appropriations `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/5d640d7e-b68e-40eb-8102-4c46b731c1bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).