---
type: "Bill"
title: "Officials Forfeit Pensions for Felonies."
description: "Officials Forfeit Pensions for Felonies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 659"
citation: "North Carolina SB 659 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTUARIAL NOTES", "CJRS", "CRIMES", "ETHICS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "JUDGES", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LRS", "MAGISTRATES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TSERS", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-08"
last_action: "2007-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70018f10-8ada-422d-b81d-b8c32d781d5e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S659&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "55027685efd64aec926e742d7a6240cbb00f6b333ba1b2216d45ab279b5f7d3d"
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 659 (2007) — Officials Forfeit Pensions for Felonies.

## 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/S659v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S659v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S659v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S659v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S659v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-179** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S659v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Goss — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-05** Ch. SL 2007-179 `became-law`
- **2007-07-05** Signed By Gov. 7/5/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-30** Re-ref Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-26** Ref to the Com on Judiciary I and, if favorable, to the Com on Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-16** Re-ref Com On Select Committee on Government and Election Reform `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-16** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-03-12** Ref To Com On Judiciary l (Civil) `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70018f10-8ada-422d-b81d-b8c32d781d5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).