---
type: "Bill"
title: "Roth 401k Accounts/Law Enforcement Officers."
description: "Roth 401k Accounts/Law Enforcement Officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 2651"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2651 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTUARIAL NOTES", "INVESTMENTS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TEACHERS", "TSERS", "REP. BELL", "CHAPTERED", "REP. WILSON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-05-24"
last_action: "2006-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c023bf5b-54fb-40e0-840d-be4cc1dad10f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H2651&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c7453080a7dc9f24f5e876cc0980c82df06dae4c2ad6e07881d1dd564bed5f71"
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 2651 (2005) — Roth 401k Accounts/Law Enforcement Officers.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2651v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2651v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2651v2.pdf)
4. **SL2006-141** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2651v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-07-19** Ch. SL 2006-141 `became-law`
- **2006-07-19** Signed By Gov. 7/19/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-11** Pres. To Gov. 7/11/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-10** Ratified
- **2006-07-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-30** Re-ref Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-30** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2006-06-28** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-28** Rec From House
- **2006-06-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-26** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2006
- **2006-06-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-06-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-05-25** Ref To Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c023bf5b-54fb-40e0-840d-be4cc1dad10f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).