---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retirement Admin. Changes Act of 2015.-AB"
description: "Retirement Admin. Changes Act of 2015.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 277"
citation: "North Carolina HB 277 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "BOARDS", "CJRS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "DEATH & DYING", "DEATH BENEFITS", "DHHS", "FOOD SERVICES", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LIFE", "JUDGES", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MAGISTRATES", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SPEAKER", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STATE TREASURER", "TEACHERS", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "TSERS", "TSERS BOARD", "CHAPTERED", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "PENSION & RETIREMENT FUNDS", "SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gill", "Goodman", "Ross"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-18"
last_action: "2015-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea241711-9896-49e0-ab0d-d57272a7ba02"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H277&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2ea82bbf56cf188941aa32837c1b8a835c970be4c10480124546f867591a38ce"
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 277 (2015) — Retirement Admin. Changes Act of 2015.-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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H277v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARO-14-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/3496/0/H277-ARO-14-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H277v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H277v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H277v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H277v4.pdf)
7. **SL2015-164** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H277v5.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Gill — primary (person)
- Goodman — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- L. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-07-23** Ch. SL 2015-164 `became-law`
- **2015-07-23** Signed by Gov. 7/23/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-21** Pres. To Gov. 7/21/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-20** Ratified
- **2015-07-16** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-16** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-16** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-16** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-15** Ordered Engrossed
- **2015-04-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-15** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-14** Placed On Cal For 04/15/2015
- **2015-04-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-19** Ref To Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea241711-9896-49e0-ab0d-d57272a7ba02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).