---
type: "Bill"
title: "No Public Retirement for Convicted Felons."
description: "No Public Retirement for Convicted Felons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 153"
citation: "North Carolina HB 153 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CJRS", "CRIMES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "JUDGES", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LRS", "MAGISTRATES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TSERS", "REP. HOWARD", "CHAPTERED", "REP. T. MOORE", "REP. ROSS", "REP. H. WARREN", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Ross", "T. Moore"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-21"
last_action: "2012-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaef24a4-4f08-4978-b415-9fb60bcda187"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H153&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "abee12bc34eed69d54b0660fc8d9991daa8ec6cf7c4b3dd639157dfcd14929f6"
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 153 (2011) — No Public Retirement for Convicted Felons.

## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H153v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASH-30-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7314/0/H153-ASH-30-V-1)
3. **A1: ASH-6-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/231/0/H153-ASH-6-V-1)
4. **A2: ASH-8-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/244/0/H153-ASH-8-V-2)
5. **A3: ASH-7-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/245/0/H153-ASH-7-V-3)
6. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H153v1.pdf)
7. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H153v2.pdf)
8. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H153v3.pdf)
9. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H153v4.pdf)
10. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H153v5.pdf)
11. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H153v6.pdf)
12. **SL2012-193** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H153v7.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- T. Moore — primary (person)
- Blust — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- H. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Ingle — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Justice — cosponsor (person)
- Killian — cosponsor (person)
- L. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Murry — cosponsor (person)
- Pridgen — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Spear — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-07-17** Ch. SL 2012-193 `became-law`
- **2012-07-17** Signed By Gov. 7/17/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-28** Ratified
- **2012-06-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2012
- **2012-06-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-27** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-27** Re-ref Com On State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2012-06-26** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2012
- **2012-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-26** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2012-06-26** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-26** Engrossed
- **2012-06-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-26** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2012
- **2012-06-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2012-06-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-19** Re-ref Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-04-07** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-07** Rec From House
- **2011-04-06** Ordered Engrossed
- **2011-04-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-04-06** Amend Adopted 3 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-06** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-04-05** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-04** Postponed To 4/5/2011
- **2011-03-31** Placed On Cal For 4/4/2011
- **2011-03-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-03-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-22** Ref To Com On State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eaef24a4-4f08-4978-b415-9fb60bcda187`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).