---
type: "Bill"
title: "Volunteer Service in Retirement."
description: "Volunteer Service in Retirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 391"
citation: "North Carolina HB 391 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "DEFINITIONS", "EMPLOYMENT", "GUARDIANSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "VOLUNTEERS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-20"
last_action: "2013-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16894d94-e826-41cd-a970-86d83c405fb5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H391&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "36d01c80f13bf4ee5ef7f72b40afb216a833220824a1fd19233d221de1d4d9f3"
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 391 (2013) — Volunteer Service in Retirement.

## 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/H391v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H391v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H391v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H391v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-291** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H391v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-18** Ch. SL 2013-291 `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
- **2013-07-01** 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** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-29** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-29** Rec From House
- **2013-04-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-24** Placed On Cal For 04/25/2013
- **2013-04-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-22** Serial Referral To Finance Stricken
- **2013-03-21** Ref to the Com on State Personnel, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16894d94-e826-41cd-a970-86d83c405fb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).