---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Pension/Ret. Health Ben. Fund Solvency."
description: "State Pension/Ret. Health Ben. Fund Solvency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 651"
citation: "North Carolina HB 651 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETING", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "FUNDING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SESSION LAWS", "STATE CONTROLLER", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STATE TREASURER", "TEACHERS", "STATE HEALTH PLAN", "TSERS", "CHAPTERED", "RETIREE HEALTH BENEFIT FUND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dollar", "Lambeth", "McNeill"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-06"
last_action: "2018-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0777e42-e0cc-4eb6-9312-515fdbdccbed"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H651&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "25a9c0b1c8ba992714f3bfd9245e81c4f43f0c2f873079ab5f7aa8845e472a3e"
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 651 (2017) — State Pension/Ret. Health Ben. Fund Solvency.

## 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/H651v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H651v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H651v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H651v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H651v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2018-30** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H651v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **102–3** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dollar — primary (person)
- Lambeth — primary (person)
- McNeill — primary (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-22** Ch. SL 2018-30 `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
- **2017-06-29** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-29** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-28** Re-ref Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-27** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-11** Ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0777e42-e0cc-4eb6-9312-515fdbdccbed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).