---
type: "Bill"
title: "Anti-Pension Spiking Amds and Litig. Moratorium."
description: "Anti-Pension Spiking Amds and Litig. Moratorium."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 668"
citation: "North Carolina SB 668 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "EMPLOYMENT", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "MORATORIUMS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TSERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-07"
last_action: "2021-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51514ebd-58f9-40d9-abfc-d1d48ae84611"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S668"
source_hash: "319d7c233248e5b929ecf97f6783d8580e7cff19f63dba06c69c89299363a4f9"
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 668 (2021) — Anti-Pension Spiking Amds and Litig. Moratorium.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S668v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASHP-35-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/51835/0/S668-ASHP-35-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S668v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S668v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S668v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S668v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S668v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2021-72** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S668v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **102–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burgin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-02** Ch. SL 2021-72 `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 H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-21** Placed On Cal For 06/22/2021
- **2021-06-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2021-06-21** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2021
- **2021-06-21** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2021-06-17** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-16** Added to Calendar
- **2021-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-06-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-08** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-02** Re-ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-12** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2021-05-12** Special Message Sent To House
- **2021-05-12** Engrossed
- **2021-05-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-12** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-05-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** Re-ref to Pensions and Retirement and Aging. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-08** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51514ebd-58f9-40d9-abfc-d1d48ae84611`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).