---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transfer Surplus Prop. to Retirement System."
description: "Transfer Surplus Prop. to Retirement System."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 596"
citation: "North Carolina HB 596 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STATE TREASURER", "TEACHERS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TSERS", "REP. CRAWFORD", "CHAPTERED", "REP. STAM", "REP. HASTINGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hastings", "Stam"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-04"
last_action: "2011-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd01eb1b-498a-4f38-9f1c-bc5d3d248004"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H596&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7323e376d39f7cd2e0b2ad7faf5be29ea0bde5a71289921b2068197a7c854844"
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 596 (2011) — Transfer Surplus Prop. to Retirement System.

## 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/H596v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALU-28-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/656/0/H596-ALU-28-V-1)
3. **A1: ARB-63-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/1290/0/H596-ARB-63-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H596v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H596v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H596v3.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H596v4.pdf)
8. **SL2011-373** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H596v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur\Sen. Amd. 1 — **108–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hastings — primary (person)
- Stam — primary (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Current — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- H. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Ingle — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- T. Moore — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-27** Ch. SL 2011-373 `became-law`
- **2011-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/27/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-17** Ratified
- **2011-06-17** Concurred In S Amend 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
- **2011-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-16** Rec To Concur In S Amend 1
- **2011-06-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-16** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2011
- **2011-06-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-24** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-24** Rec From House
- **2011-05-23** Ordered Engrossed
- **2011-05-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-23** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-19** Placed On Cal For 5/23/2011
- **2011-05-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-05** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd01eb1b-498a-4f38-9f1c-bc5d3d248004`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).