---
type: "Bill"
title: "Purchase Service/Certain Employment."
description: "Purchase Service/Certain Employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 863"
citation: "North Carolina SB 863 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTUARIAL NOTES", "BOARDS", "EMPLOYMENT", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. P. BERGER", "LGERS BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-25"
last_action: "2009-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c94864e-b357-4c11-97a1-6a1f7a731cc2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S863&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bd4abd5b5fee441a4ba65da710447c402219c1443346e757844d6ef2770ef878"
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 863 (2009) — Purchase Service/Certain Employment.

## 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/S863v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARO-20-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/2190/0/S863-ARO-20-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S863v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S863v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S863v3.pdf)
6. **SL2009-392** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S863v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berger of Rockingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-31** Ch. SL 2009-392 `became-law`
- **2009-07-31** Signed By Gov. 7/31/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-24** Pres. To Gov. 7/24/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-23** Ratified
- **2009-07-22** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-07-22** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-07-21** Placed On Cal For 7/22/2009
- **2009-07-21** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-07-21** Placed On Cal For 7/22/2009
- **2009-07-21** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-06-22** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-06-22** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-06-22** Failed Concur In H Amend
- **2009-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/22/2009
- **2009-06-18** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2009-06-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-17** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-16** Postponed To 6/17/2009
- **2009-06-12** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2009
- **2009-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-26** Re-ref Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-30** Ref to the Com on State Government/State Personnel, if favorable, Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-22** Placed On Cal For 4/28/2009
- **2009-04-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-04-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-26** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement & Aging `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c94864e-b357-4c11-97a1-6a1f7a731cc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).