---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retired Teachers Work."
description: "Retired Teachers Work."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 956"
citation: "North Carolina HB 956 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SESSION LAWS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TSERS", "REP. YONGUE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pate", "Tolson", "Yongue"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-21"
last_action: "2007-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1cb6d43-50ae-4546-87b2-1fb7317ff02d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H956&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d3c068c9084797b491474d984a2d13d7b1a0e07560396f4b7583c83da0cb1c9f"
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 956 (2007) — Retired Teachers Work.

## 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/H956v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H956v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H956v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H956v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H956v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H956v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H956v6.pdf)
8. **SL2007-326** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H956v7.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pate — primary (person)
- Tolson — primary (person)
- Yongue — primary (person)
- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- E. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Neumann — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-31** Ch. SL 2007-326 `became-law`
- **2007-07-31** Signed By Gov. 7/31/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-31** Pres. To Gov. 7/31/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-31** Ratified
- **2007-07-31** Conf Report Adopted
- **2007-07-31** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2007
- **2007-07-31** Conf Com Reported
- **2007-07-31** Conf Report Adopted
- **2007-07-31** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2007
- **2007-07-31** Conf Com Reported
- **2007-07-12** Conf Com Appointed
- **2007-07-10** Conf Com Appointed
- **2007-07-10** Failed concur in S/Com Sub
- **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** Engrossed
- **2007-07-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-03** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-28** Placed On Cal For 7/3/2007
- **2007-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-27** Re-ref Com On Pensions, Retirement & Aging `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-06-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-26** Re-ref Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-26** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-05-23** Ref to Education/Public Instruction. If fav, re-ref to Pensions, Retirement & Aging. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-23** Rec From House
- **2007-05-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-22** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-22** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-21** Placed On Cal For 5/22/2007
- **2007-05-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-26** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-22** Ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement and, if favorable, to the Com on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1cb6d43-50ae-4546-87b2-1fb7317ff02d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).