---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elkin/Burlington Vol. Firemen's Retirement."
description: "Elkin/Burlington Vol. Firemen's Retirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 2451"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2451 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "LOCAL", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PERSONNEL", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "VOLUNTEERS", "SURRY COUNTY", "ALAMANCE COUNTY", "BURLINGTON", "CHAPTERED", "ELKIN", "REP. J. HARRELL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2008-05-21"
last_action: "2008-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70dcf720-f1e2-46b1-a941-cdc1eecf13f9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H2451&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d8477d544276521ece5d163f4c0ec697d5e5af918469db082fa3be3941a51b25"
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 2451 (2007) — Elkin/Burlington Vol. Firemen's Retirement.

## 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2451v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2451v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2451v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2451v3.pdf)
5. **SL2008-49** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2451v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Harrell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-07-03** Ch. SL 2008-49 `became-law`
- **2008-07-03** Ratified
- **2008-07-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-23** Ref To Com On Pensions, Retirement & Aging `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-23** Rec From House
- **2008-06-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/19/2008
- **2008-06-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-26** Ref To Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70dcf720-f1e2-46b1-a941-cdc1eecf13f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).