---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retired Nurses Return to Work."
description: "Retired Nurses Return to Work."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 204"
citation: "North Carolina SB 204 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTUARIAL NOTES", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "EDUCATION", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "NURSING", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TSERS", "UNC", "SEN. PURCELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-17"
last_action: "2009-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f90bc8e-84de-4945-b179-4cb9520c24c3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S204&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "73603c0585149a5bf77459ee71411eaecc9bd974ef76f228605add7afa1fd234"
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 204 (2009) — Retired Nurses Return to 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/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S204v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S204v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S204v2.pdf)
4. **SL2009-137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S204v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Boseman — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Foriest — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Goodall — cosponsor (person)
- Goss — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Rouzer — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-19** Ch. SL 2009-137 `became-law`
- **2009-06-19** Signed By Gov. 6/19/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-09** Pres. To Gov. 6/9/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-08** Ratified
- **2009-06-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-03** Placed On Cal For 6/4/2009
- **2009-06-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-25** Re-ref Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-25** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-18** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement & Aging `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f90bc8e-84de-4945-b179-4cb9520c24c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).