---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Definition of Retirement."
description: "Clarify Definition of Retirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 94"
citation: "North Carolina HB 94 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "DEFINITIONS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "VOLUNTEERS", "REP. INSKO", "REP. OWENS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Owens"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-09"
last_action: "2009-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e27f0cf-c58e-4d47-8f73-0a6c1f405e13"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H94&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5b531b582a77975a2dd688a0151260e6cca8b66d6c4f1552014424277c3b8132"
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 94 (2009) — Clarify Definition of Retirement.

## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H94v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H94v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H94v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H94v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-11** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H94v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Owens — primary (person)
- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-03-26** Ch. SL 2009-11 `became-law`
- **2009-03-26** Signed By Gov. 3/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-03-25** Pres. To Gov. 3/25/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-03-24** Ratified
- **2009-03-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-12** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement & Aging `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-11** Rec From House
- **2009-03-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-09** Placed On Cal For 3/10/2009
- **2009-03-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-03-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-12** Ref To Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-02-10** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e27f0cf-c58e-4d47-8f73-0a6c1f405e13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).