---
type: "Bill"
title: "2024 Retirement Technical Corrections."
description: "2024 Retirement Technical Corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 988"
citation: "North Carolina HB 988 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "CJRS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "JUDGES", "LGERS", "LGERS BOARD", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "LRS", "MAGISTRATES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TSERS", "TSERS BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-05-02"
last_action: "2024-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5dcc0147-42cc-4399-948e-0bd514a61656"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H988"
source_hash: "397597470f253cff77501a015875c61d63dbe152da5cf4cb14804722a0a4c3e3"
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 988 (2023) — 2024 Retirement Technical Corrections.

## 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/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H988v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H988v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H988v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H988v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2024-9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H988v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Carson Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Sossamon — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-20** Ch. SL 2024-9 `became-law`
- **2024-06-20** Signed by Gov. 6/20/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-13** Ratified
- **2024-06-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **2024-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-05** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-30** Re-ref to Pensions and Retirement and Aging. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2024-05-23** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-05-23** Regular Message Received From House
- **2024-05-23** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2024-05-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-22** Added to Calendar
- **2024-05-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2024-05-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-21** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-06** Ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-05-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5dcc0147-42cc-4399-948e-0bd514a61656`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).