---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mandatory Retirement Age for Magistrates."
description: "Mandatory Retirement Age for Magistrates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 161"
citation: "North Carolina HB 161 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "COURTS", "MAGISTRATES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glazier", "McGrady"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-26"
last_action: "2013-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba3e920a-7db4-4743-98f9-36e8b5d2ff7c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H161&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f6563b8316cf551df8abe60200264e32e58129b1df4604648afcfaba61d8beec"
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 161 (2013) — Mandatory Retirement Age for Magistrates.

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H161v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARN-10-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/1689/0/H161-ARN-10-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H161v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H161v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H161v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H161v4.pdf)
7. **SL2013-277** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H161v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **87–31** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Glazier — primary (person)
- McGrady — primary (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Presnell — cosponsor (person)
- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-18** Ch. SL 2013-277 `became-law`
- **2013-07-18** Signed by Gov. 7/18/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-10** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-09** Ratified
- **2013-07-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-01** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2013-07-01** Withdrawn From Senate Clerk's Office
- **2013-06-27** Held in Senate Clerk's Office
- **2013-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2013
- **2013-06-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-20** Rec From House
- **2013-03-19** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-03-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-03-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-19** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-03-14** Placed On Cal For 03/19/2013
- **2013-03-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-03-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-06** Re-ref Com On State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-28** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba3e920a-7db4-4743-98f9-36e8b5d2ff7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).