---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal Whiteville Fire Pension."
description: "Repeal Whiteville Fire Pension."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 447"
citation: "North Carolina SB 447 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "LOCAL", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PERSONNEL", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SESSION LAWS", "SEN. SOLES", "COLUMBUS COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "WHITEVILLE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-01"
last_action: "2007-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a73af86-b390-451e-b43a-3078a79f39ef"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S447&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4b6d6af6895f05f0cbc9151c74bc01a0edbcb79e3b3106c2388536dead0eb77a"
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 SB 447 (2007) — Repeal Whiteville Fire 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/Senate/PDF/S447v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S447v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S447v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S447v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-111** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S447v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Soles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-27** Ch. SL 2007-111 `became-law`
- **2007-06-27** Ratified
- **2007-06-26** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2007
- **2007-06-25** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-06-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-20** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2007
- **2007-06-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-29** Ref To Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-05** Ref To Com On Pensions, Retirement & Aging `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a73af86-b390-451e-b43a-3078a79f39ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).