---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retirement Governance Changes Act of 2013.-AB"
description: "Retirement Governance Changes Act of 2013.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 357"
citation: "North Carolina HB 357 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMN.", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LRS", "MEMBERSHIP", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RESCUE SQUADS", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STATE TREASURER", "TEACHERS", "TSERS", "TSERS BOARD", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED", "LGERS BOARD", "FIREMENS PENSION FUND", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "PENSION & RETIREMENT FUNDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Moffitt", "W. Brawley"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-19"
last_action: "2013-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f60c5bb-4fed-4a9e-b13b-343a7f6a9ef3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H357&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9d7b7416371bbe66c27311bc7c20c05cd92a4dfbc6d5be50a66b83f28c92730a"
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 357 (2013) — Retirement Governance Changes Act of 2013.-AB

## 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/H357v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASH-13-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/6602/0/H357-ASH-13-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H357v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H357v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H357v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H357v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H357v5.pdf)
8. **SL2013-287** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H357v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Moffitt — primary (person)
- W. Brawley — primary (person)
- Collins — cosponsor (person)
- L. Bell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-18** Ch. SL 2013-287 `became-law`
- **2013-07-18** Signed by Gov. 7/18/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-11** Pres. To Gov. 7/11/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-10** Ratified
- **2013-07-09** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-09** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-08** Placed On Cal For 07/09/2013
- **2013-07-08** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-07-03** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-07-03** Rec From Senate
- **2013-07-02** Engrossed
- **2013-07-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-02** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-01** Placed On Cal For 07/02/2013
- **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** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-09** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Rec From House
- **2013-05-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-07** Postponed To 05/08/2013
- **2013-05-06** Placed On Cal For 05/07/2013
- **2013-05-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-05-02** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-23** Serial Referral To Finance Stricken
- **2013-03-21** Ref to the Com on State Personnel, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f60c5bb-4fed-4a9e-b13b-343a7f6a9ef3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).