---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retirement Service Purchase Rewrite Part II."
description: "Retirement Service Purchase Rewrite Part II."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 160"
citation: "North Carolina HB 160 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CHARTER SCHOOLS", "CJRS", "EDUCATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "JUDGES", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "MAGISTRATES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TSERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McNeill"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7625149e-55c7-474f-a443-07f5cfc9d4b2"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H160"
source_hash: "533acca26c83d6e1e304aa033d54cad7a7fcf50694c298e674976d1cab8be7b4"
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 160 (2021) — Retirement Service Purchase Rewrite Part II.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H160v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H160v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H160v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H160v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H160v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2021-57** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H160v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McNeill — primary (person)
- C. Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-28** Ch. SL 2021-57 `became-law`
- **2021-06-28** Signed by Gov. 6/28/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** Pres. To Gov. 6/18/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-17** Ratified
- **2021-06-16** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-10** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Re-ref to Pensions and Retirement and Aging. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-06** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-05-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-05-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04** Placed On Cal For 05/05/2021
- **2021-05-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-05-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Re-ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- **2021-04-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Re-ref to the Com on State Personnel, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-01** Ref to the Com on State Government, if favorable, State Personnel, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7625149e-55c7-474f-a443-07f5cfc9d4b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).