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NC HB 477

enacted

Retirement Death Benefits Rewrite.

North Carolina · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NC HB 477 pass?

Yes. NC HB 477 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-13): Signed by Gov. 6/13/2025

What is NC HB 477 about?

NC HB 477 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Retirement Death Benefits Rewrite.”.

Who sponsors NC HB 477?

Carson Smith is the primary sponsor of NC HB 477, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-20
Latest action
2025-06-13 — Signed by Gov. 6/13/2025
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Carson Smithprimary
  • Willinghamcosponsor
  • G. Piercecosponsor
  • Wheatleycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-13

    Signed by Gov. 6/13/2025

    executive-signature

  2. 2025-06-13

    Ch. SL 2025-11

    became-law

  3. 2025-06-05

    Pres. To Gov. 6/5/2025

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-06-04

    Ratified

  5. 2025-06-03

    Concurred In S Com Sub

    amendment-passage

  6. 2025-06-03

    Ordered Enrolled

  7. 2025-06-02

    Withdrawn From Com

  8. 2025-06-02

    Placed On Cal For 06/03/2025

  9. 2025-05-27

    Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

    referral-committee

  10. 2025-05-23

    Regular Message Sent To House

  11. 2025-05-23

    Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub

  12. 2025-05-22

    Passed 2nd Reading

    reading-2

  13. 2025-05-22

    Passed 3rd Reading

    passage,reading-3

  14. 2025-05-21

    Reptd Fav

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. 2025-05-20

    Reptd Fav Com Substitute

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. 2025-05-20

    Com Substitute Adopted

  17. 2025-05-20

    Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

    referral-committee

  18. 2025-05-19

    Withdrawn From Com

  19. 2025-05-19

    Re-ref to Pensions and Retirement and Aging. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

    referral-committee

  20. 2025-04-30

    Regular Message Sent To Senate

  21. 2025-04-30

    Regular Message Received From House

  22. 2025-04-30

    Passed 1st Reading

    reading-1

  23. 2025-04-30

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

    referral-committee

  24. 2025-04-29

    Amend Adopted A1

    amendment-passage

  25. 2025-04-29

    Passed 2nd Reading

    reading-2

  26. 2025-04-29

    Passed 3rd Reading

    passage,reading-3

  27. 2025-04-29

    Ordered Engrossed

  28. 2025-04-28

    Reptd Fav

    committee-passage-favorable

  29. 2025-04-28

    Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  30. 2025-04-28

    Placed On Cal For 04/29/2025

  31. 2025-04-15

    Reptd Fav Com Sub 2

    committee-passage-favorable

  32. 2025-04-15

    Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

    referral-committee

  33. 2025-04-09

    Reptd Fav Com Substitute

    committee-passage-favorable

  34. 2025-04-09

    Re-ref Com On Judiciary 1

    referral-committee

  35. 2025-03-24

    Passed 1st Reading

    reading-1

  36. 2025-03-24

    Ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

    referral-committee

  37. 2025-03-20

    Filed

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Second Reading

    2025-05-22 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (50)
    • Adcock: yes
    • Applewhite: yes
    • Batch: yes
    • Blue: yes
    • Bradley: yes
    • Chitlik: yes
    • Everitt: yes
    • Grafstein: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Mayfield: yes
    • Mohammed: yes
    • Murdock: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Theodros: yes
    • Waddell: yes
    • Alexander: yes
    • Berger: yes
    • Brinson: yes
    • Burgin: yes
    • Corbin: yes
    • Craven: yes
    • Daniel: yes
    • Ford: yes
    • Galey: yes
    • Hanig: yes
    • Hise: yes
    • Hollo: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Jarvis: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Lazzara: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • McInnis: yes
    • Measmer: yes
    • B. Newton: yes
    • Overcash: yes
    • Sanderson: yes
    • Sawrey: yes
    • Sawyer: yes
    • Settle: yes
    • Chaudhuri: absent
    • Garrett: absent
    • Meyer: absent
    • Salvador: absent
    • Smith: absent
    • Barnes: absent
    • Britt: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • Moffitt: absent
    • Rabon: absent

  • M11 Concur

    2025-06-03 · pass · 113-0

    Member-level votes (120)
    • Ager: yes
    • Alston: yes
    • Baker: yes
    • Ball: yes
    • Belk: yes
    • Brockman: yes
    • G. Brown: yes
    • K. Brown: yes
    • T. Brown: yes
    • Buansi: yes
    • Budd: yes
    • Butler: yes
    • Carney: yes
    • Cervania: yes
    • Clark: yes
    • Cohn: yes
    • Colvin: yes
    • Crawford: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Dew: yes
    • Greenfield: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Helfrich: yes
    • F. Jackson: yes
    • Jeffers: yes
    • Johnson-Hostler: yes
    • A. Jones: yes
    • Liu: yes
    • Lofton: yes
    • Logan: yes
    • Longest: yes
    • Lopez: yes
    • Majeed: yes
    • Morey: yes
    • G. Pierce: yes
    • R. Pierce: yes
    • Pittman: yes
    • Prather: yes
    • Price: yes
    • Quick: yes
    • Reives: yes
    • Roberson: yes
    • Rubin: yes
    • CharlesSmith: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • vonHaefen: yes
    • Willingham: yes
    • Adams: yes
    • Almond: yes
    • Arp: yes
    • Balkcom: yes
    • Bell: yes
    • Biggs: yes
    • Blackwell: yes
    • Blust: yes
    • Branson: yes
    • Brisson: yes
    • Brody: yes
    • Cairns: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Carver: yes
    • Chesser: yes
    • Clampitt: yes
    • Cotham: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Echevarria: yes
    • Eddins: yes
    • Gable: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Greene: yes
    • D. Hall: yes
    • K. Hall: yes
    • Hastings: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Humphrey: yes
    • Huneycutt: yes
    • Iler: yes
    • N. Jackson: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • B. Jones: yes
    • Kidwell: yes
    • Lambeth: yes
    • Loftis: yes
    • McNeely: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Penny: yes
    • Pickett: yes
    • Pike: yes
    • Pless: yes
    • Potts: yes
    • Pyrtle: yes
    • Reeder: yes
    • Rhyne: yes
    • Riddell: yes
    • Ross: yes
    • Schietzelt: yes
    • Scott: yes
    • Setzer: yes
    • Shepard: yes
    • CarsonSmith: yes
    • Stevens: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Torbett: yes
    • Tyson: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Warren: yes
    • Watford: yes
    • Wheatley: yes
    • White: yes
    • Winslow: yes
    • Zenger: yes
    • Hawkins: abstain
    • Gillespie: absent
    • Lowery: absent
    • Moss: absent
    • Paré: absent
    • Sauls: absent
    • Willis: absent

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https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H477

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