---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special Separation Allowance/Certain 25-Year Law Enforcement Officers."
description: "Special Separation Allowance/Certain 25-Year Law Enforcement Officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 406"
citation: "North Carolina HB 406 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CLEVELAND COUNTY", "COUNTIES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LGERS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "MOORE COUNTY", "PERSONNEL", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "RUTHERFORD COUNTY", "TITLE CHANGE", "WAYNE COUNTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-24"
last_action: "2021-11-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75026d07-ada0-4838-8e26-239ebaa6e60b"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H406"
source_hash: "36dea92112b81eae404d4dcd6b1c39521d44ce293088d467456935883b2fc4d8"
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 406 (2021) — Special Separation Allowance/Certain 25-Year Law Enforcement Officers.

## 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/H406v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATUP-10-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/50821/0/H406-ATUP-10-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H406v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H406v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H406v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H406v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H406v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2021-188** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H406v6.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hastings — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-30** Ch. SL 2021-188 `became-law`
- **2021-11-30** Ratified
- **2021-11-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-11-29** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-11-29** Added to Calendar
- **2021-11-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-11-29** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2021-11-29** Special Message Sent To House
- **2021-11-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-11-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-11-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2021-11-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-11-29** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-11-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-11-24** Re-ref to Pensions and Retirement and Aging. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-29** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-04-29** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-04-28** Ordered Engrossed
- **2021-04-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-28** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-28** Added to Calendar
- **2021-04-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-04-28** 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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Re-ref Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75026d07-ada0-4838-8e26-239ebaa6e60b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).