---
type: "Bill"
title: "25-Year LEO Retirement Option."
description: "25-Year LEO Retirement Option."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 284"
citation: "North Carolina HB 284 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCY SERVICES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TSERS", "CHAPTERED", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McNeill", "Murphy", "Rogers"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-08"
last_action: "2018-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e21aeb2e-2bf4-4d81-b7d0-01a7ea78fd27"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H284&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "07b34a6086e42851c6e0b094722382b561dbad2ace164b1cfde3a7767d42f705"
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 284 (2017) — 25-Year LEO Retirement Option.

## 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/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H284v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H284v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H284v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H284v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H284v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H284v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2018-22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H284v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McNeill — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Boswell — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Brenden Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
- Dulin — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-22** Ch. SL 2018-22 `became-law`
- **2018-06-22** Signed by Gov. 6/22/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-14** Ratified
- **2018-06-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-14** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-13** Placed On Cal For 06/14/2018
- **2018-06-13** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2018-06-13** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2018-06-13** Special Message Sent To House
- **2018-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-13** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-13** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2018-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-12** Re-ref to Pensions and Retirement and Aging. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-06-29** Special Message Received From House
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-28** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-01** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-05-30** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-30** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-09** Ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e21aeb2e-2bf4-4d81-b7d0-01a7ea78fd27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).