---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Survivor's Alternate Benefit."
description: "Amend Survivor's Alternate Benefit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 411"
citation: "North Carolina SB 411 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTUARIAL NOTES", "DEATH & DYING", "DEATH BENEFITS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LIFE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TSERS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. BRUNSTETTER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-04"
last_action: "2009-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/378be85a-58bc-4dc2-8f9b-2ee48622a492"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S411&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6681d54f67ac73a3974521aa4e58b1e3632a971f3441224930a31e93b3442a31"
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 411 (2009) — Amend Survivor's Alternate Benefit.

## 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/S411v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S411v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S411v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S411v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-109** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S411v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boseman — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Brunstetter — cosponsor (person)
- East — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-16** Ch. SL 2009-109 `became-law`
- **2009-06-16** Signed By Gov. 6/16/2009 `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`
- **2009-05-27** Re-ref Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-16** Ref to the Com on Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-09** Placed On Cal For 4/14/2009
- **2009-04-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-03-26** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-03-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-05** Ref to Pensions & Retirement & Aging. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/378be85a-58bc-4dc2-8f9b-2ee48622a492`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).