---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retirement Systems Admin. Changes."
description: "Retirement Systems Admin. Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 379"
citation: "North Carolina SB 379 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COUNTIES", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "DEATH & DYING", "DEATH BENEFITS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LIFE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMN.", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PREGNANCY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SESSION LAWS", "SHERIFFS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STATE TREASURER", "TEACHERS", "TSERS", "TSERS BOARD", "WOMEN", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "LGERS BOARD", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "PENSION & RETIREMENT FUNDS", "FAMILY ISSUES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wells"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2020-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fcb0159-b3ac-41d8-a2d7-71d35f923301"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S379&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "00ff8a0ee5473f96f440cae57748de04a156a7651295f1123d795368593cd376"
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 379 (2019) — Retirement Systems Admin. 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/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S379v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S379v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S379v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S379v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S379v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2020-29** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S379v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wells — primary (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-19** Ch. SL 2020-29 `became-law`
- **2020-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-11** Pres. To Gov. 6/11/2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-10** Ratified
- **2020-06-09** Ordered Enrolled
- **2020-06-09** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-08** Placed On Cal For 06/09/2020
- **2020-06-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2020-06-04** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2020-06-04** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2020-06-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-03** Placed On Cal For 06/04/2020
- **2020-06-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2020-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-03** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-28** Re-ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-28** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-09** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-05-07** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-01** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Re-ref to Pensions and Retirement and Aging. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-28** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fcb0159-b3ac-41d8-a2d7-71d35f923301`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).