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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Broaden Coverage/Fire and Rescue Pension."
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description: "Broaden Coverage/Fire and Rescue Pension."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
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legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
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session: "2003"
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identifier: "HB 543"
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citation: "North Carolina HB 543 (2003)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ACTUARIAL NOTES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FIREFIGHTING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RESCUE SQUADS", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MCGEE"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2003-03-17"
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last_action: "2003-08-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e541b911-2837-4f04-8059-65e680340c52"
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source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H543&votesToView=all"
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source_hash: "6411af8c26230a0aa22c01e6273eaaaa4f960bca6d2983880fa1c2fb020a98b1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
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---
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# North Carolina HB 543 (2003) — Broaden Coverage/Fire and Rescue Pension.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H543v0.pdf)
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2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H543v1.pdf)
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3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H543v2.pdf)
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4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H543v3.pdf)
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5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H543v4.pdf)
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6. **SL 2003-362** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H543v5.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Frye — cosponsor (person)
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- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
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- Justice — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Williams — cosponsor (person)
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- LaRoque — cosponsor (person)
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- McGee — cosponsor (person)
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- McHenry — cosponsor (person)
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- Moore — cosponsor (person)
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- Pate — cosponsor (person)
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- Sauls — cosponsor (person)
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- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
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- Walker — cosponsor (person)
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- Womble — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2003-08-01** Ch. SL 2003-362 `became-law`
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- **2003-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2003 `executive-signature`
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- **2003-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/18/2003 `executive-receipt`
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- **2003-07-17** Ratified
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- **2003-07-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2003-07-16** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2003
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- **2003-07-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2003-07-14** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
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- **2003-07-14** Rec From House
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- **2003-07-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2003-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2003
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- **2003-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
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- **2003-07-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2003-04-02** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2003-04-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2003-03-18** Ref To Com On Pensions and Retirement `referral-committee`
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- **2003-03-17** Filed `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e541b911-2837-4f04-8059-65e680340c52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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