---
type: "Bill"
title: "Legislative Access to Retirement Databases."
description: "Legislative Access to Retirement Databases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 940"
citation: "North Carolina SB 940 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNCIL OF STATE", "DATA SYSTEMS", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STATE TREASURER", "TEACHERS", "TELESERVICES", "TSERS", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. DORSETT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-19"
last_action: "2007-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3b8de62-f348-4f5f-ab67-203b8fde3ceb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S940&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ded076cb5f965bdc060a0628417e068346811245f51feddddb41f392557a3947"
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 940 (2007) — Legislative Access to Retirement Databases.

## 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/S940v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S940v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S940v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S940v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-103** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S940v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Cowell — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-21** Ch. SL 2007-103 `became-law`
- **2007-06-21** Signed By Gov. 6/21/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-12** Pres. To Gov. 6/12/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-11** Ratified
- **2007-06-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-06** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2007
- **2007-06-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-21** Ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement and, if favorable, to the Com on Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-05-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-05-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3b8de62-f348-4f5f-ab67-203b8fde3ceb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).