---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retirement Administrative Changes Act of 2021."
description: "Retirement Administrative Changes Act of 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 168"
citation: "North Carolina HB 168 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "DISABLED PERSONS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "INVESTMENTS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LGERS", "LGERS BOARD", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "PENSION & RETIREMENT FUNDS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STATE TREASURER", "SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT BOARD", "TEACHERS", "TSERS", "TSERS BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Smith", "Kidwell"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5656d249-db86-4a72-b86d-e7a145d69b00"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H168"
source_hash: "da5989896bee89ac2fcb7d3a10342b0acb15ded26f9cae71b8c1d214a41796fe"
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 168 (2021) — Retirement Administrative Changes Act of 2021.

## 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/H168v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H168v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H168v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H168v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H168v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H168v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2021-75** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H168v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-02** Ch. SL 2021-75 `became-law`
- **2021-07-02** Signed by Gov. 7/2/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-24** Pres. To Gov. 6/24/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-23** Ratified
- **2021-06-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-06-22** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-21** Placed On Cal For 06/22/2021
- **2021-06-21** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-06-17** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2021-06-17** Regular Message Sent To House
- **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** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-06-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-07** Re-ref to Pensions and Retirement and Aging. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-15** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-15** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-04-15** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-04-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Added to Calendar
- **2021-04-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-04-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Re-ref Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** Ref to the Com on State Personnel, if favorable, Pensions and Retirement, 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/5656d249-db86-4a72-b86d-e7a145d69b00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).