---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire, Rescue, & Safety Worker System Changes."
description: "Fire, Rescue, & Safety Worker System Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 99"
citation: "North Carolina SB 99 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCOUNTING", "BOARDS", "DEATH & DYING", "DEATH BENEFITS", "DEFINITIONS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LIFE", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MINORITIES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RESCUE SQUADS", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "TRIBAL GOVERNMENT", "VOLUNTEERS", "CHAPTERED", "FIRE DISTRICTS", "LGERS BOARD", "FIREMENS PENSION FUND", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "PENSION & RETIREMENT FUNDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel", "Meredith"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-19"
last_action: "2015-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5cfa78c-be35-45f1-b435-814d5a61ecb9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S99&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "12c2c0e6afa4eaeccc309198c56f29d1d628a7dc662d89c461d8dd3d38e76d34"
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 SB 99 (2015) — Fire, Rescue, & Safety Worker System Changes.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S99v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASH-9-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/4286/0/S99-ASH-9-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S99v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S99v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S99v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S99v4.pdf)
7. **SL2015-88** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S99v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Amendment 1 — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel — primary (person)
- Meredith — primary (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-19** Ch. SL 2015-88 `became-law`
- **2015-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-12** Pres. To Gov. 06/12/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-06-11** Ratified
- **2015-06-10** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-06-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-09** Placed On Cal For 06/10/2015
- **2015-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-06-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-27** Re-ref Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-29** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-27** Engrossed
- **2015-04-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-27** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-23** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5cfa78c-be35-45f1-b435-814d5a61ecb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).