republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2003/hb-543.md

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Bill	Broaden Coverage/Fire and Rescue Pension.	Broaden Coverage/Fire and Rescue Pension.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2003	HB 543	North Carolina HB 543 (2003)	bill	ACTUARIAL NOTES EMERGENCY SERVICES FIREFIGHTING FUNDS & ACCOUNTS LOCAL GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL PRESENTED PUBLIC RATIFIED RESCUE SQUADS RETIREMENT SALARIES & BENEFITS CHAPTERED REP. MCGEE	enacted		6	17	2	2003-03-17	2003-08-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e541b911-2837-4f04-8059-65e680340c52	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H543&votesToView=all	6411af8c26230a0aa22c01e6273eaaaa4f960bca6d2983880fa1c2fb020a98b1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina HB 543 (2003) — Broaden Coverage/Fire and Rescue Pension.

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Edition 2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Edition 3 (committee substitute) — source
5. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
6. SL 2003-362 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Second Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• Second Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Frye — cosponsor (person)
• Gulley — cosponsor (person)
• Justice — cosponsor (person)
• K. Williams — cosponsor (person)
• LaRoque — cosponsor (person)
• McGee — cosponsor (person)
• McHenry — cosponsor (person)
• Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Pate — cosponsor (person)
• Sauls — cosponsor (person)
• Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
• Walker — cosponsor (person)
• Womble — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-08-01 Ch. SL 2003-362 became-law
• 2003-08-01 Signed By Gov. 8/1/2003 executive-signature
• 2003-07-19 Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2003 executive-receipt
• 2003-07-17 Ratified
• 2003-07-16 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2003-07-16 Placed On Cal For 7/16/2003
• 2003-07-16 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-07-14 Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging referral-committee
• 2003-07-14 Rec From House
• 2003-07-14 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2003-07-10 Placed On Cal For 7/14/2003
• 2003-07-10 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2003-07-10 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-04-02 Re-ref Com On Appropriations referral-committee
• 2003-04-02 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-03-18 Ref To Com On Pensions and Retirement referral-committee
• 2003-03-17 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e541b911-2837-4f04-8059-65e680340c52. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).