---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset ABC Board Participation in Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System."
description: "Sunset ABC Board Participation in Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 278"
citation: "North Carolina HB 278 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABC BOARDS", "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SUNSETS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McNeill"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/246db005-ac06-4ec8-991f-197b1500a670"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H278"
source_hash: "004c4758d7a243b3a7a2bddad4c32e63f375dcb947ae76d2406281dcc7107628"
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 278 (2021) — Sunset ABC Board Participation in Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System.

## 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/H278v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H278v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H278v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2021-59** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H278v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McNeill — primary (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-28** Ch. SL 2021-59 `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`
- **2021-06-01** Re-ref to Pensions and Retirement and Aging. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** 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`
- **2021-05-04** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Re-ref Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15** Ref to the Com on Alcoholic Beverage Control, if favorable, Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/246db005-ac06-4ec8-991f-197b1500a670`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).