---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retirement Technical Corrections Act of 2018.-AB"
description: "Retirement Technical Corrections Act of 2018.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 985"
citation: "North Carolina HB 985 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "STATE HEALTH PLAN", "STATE HEALTH PLAN BOARD", "TSERS", "TSERS BOARD", "CHAPTERED", "LGERS BOARD", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dulin", "Ross"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-22"
last_action: "2018-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/193c9b19-5580-4c98-b958-86f9d50110b5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H985&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ec0d66930873f0e4bd44cf27ee8eed714df02a47ba59c347bdab678b1b88d8a5"
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 985 (2017) — Retirement Technical Corrections Act of 2018.-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/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H985v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H985v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H985v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H985v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2018-85** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H985v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dulin — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-25** Ch. SL 2018-85 `became-law`
- **2018-06-25** Signed by Gov. 6/25/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-14** Ratified
- **2018-06-13** Ordered Enrolled
- **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** Reptd Fav `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
- **2018-06-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-06-05** Special Message Received From House
- **2018-06-05** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2018-06-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-04** Placed On Cal For 06/05/2018
- **2018-05-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-05-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-23** Ref To Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-05-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/193c9b19-5580-4c98-b958-86f9d50110b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).