---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire and Rescue Pension Withdrawal Change."
description: "Fire and Rescue Pension Withdrawal Change."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1073"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1073 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTUARIAL NOTES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RESCUE SQUADS", "RETIREMENT", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. LEWIS", "FIREMENS PENSION FUND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-02"
last_action: "2009-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8c498cc-1551-40c7-8402-1cd969c23911"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1073&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cd3b32c292dea4cd4149d0ed381e103fd9dc9408eb82d3b296a6fbc98911d9c6"
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 1073 (2009) — Fire and Rescue Pension Withdrawal Change.

## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1073v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1073v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1073v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1073v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1073v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-365** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1073v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lewis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-27** Ch. SL 2009-365 `became-law`
- **2009-07-27** Signed By Gov. 7/27/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/17/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-16** Ratified
- **2009-07-15** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2009
- **2009-07-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-14** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-07-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2009
- **2009-07-08** Reconsidered 3rd Reading
- **2009-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2009
- **2009-07-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-29** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2009
- **2009-06-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-05-27** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-19** Ref to Pensions & Retirement & Aging. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-13** Placed On Cal For 5/14/2009
- **2009-05-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-12** Assigned To Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-06** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-06** Reptd Without Prejudice
- **2009-04-06** Ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8c498cc-1551-40c7-8402-1cd969c23911`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).