---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retirement Service Purchase Rewrite Part III."
description: "Retirement Service Purchase Rewrite Part III."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 989"
citation: "North Carolina HB 989 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CJRS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GENERAL STATUTES", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "JUDGES", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "LRS", "MAGISTRATES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TSERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-05-02"
last_action: "2024-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/211b9e6c-0739-4cf0-9f95-33bfbad13888"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H989"
source_hash: "fe10f2fb4f2ef614d66f2375b015d82079f07d340f8ccc2f2b9cfa2bdcca3576"
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 989 (2023) — Retirement Service Purchase Rewrite Part III.

## 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/H989v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H989v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H989v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2024-10** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H989v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## 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 2024-10 `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 `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/211b9e6c-0739-4cf0-9f95-33bfbad13888`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).