North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina S831: 25-Year Retirement for First Responders.
Status: In committee, April 27, 2026
What the bill says
An act allowing first responders who are members of the teachers' and state employees' retirement system or the local governmental employees' retirement system to retire with unreduced benefits after achieving twenty-five years of creditable service and making conforming changes.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT ALLOWING FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE TEACHERS' AND STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO RETIRE WITH UNREDUCED BENEFITS AFTER ACHIEVING TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF CREDITABLE SERVICE AND MAKING CONFORMING CHANGES. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 135-1 reads as rewritten: "§ 135-1. Definitions. The following words and phrases as used in this Chapter, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following meanings: ... (9a) "Emergency medical services personnel" or "EMS personnel" shall mean all full-time employees of any State department, agency, or institution who meet the definition of emergency medical services personnel under G.S. 131E-155. This includes emergency medical dispatchers and the Director of EMS. ... (11b) "Firefighter" shall mean all full-time employees of any State department, agency, or institution who are actively serving in a position with assigned primary duties and responsibilities for the prevention, detection, and suppression of fire. This includes fire dispatchers, fire inspectors, and fire marshals. (11b)(11c) "Fraud investigation" means an independent review or examination by Retirement Systems Division staff or authorized representatives who are assisting the Retirement Systems Division staff of records, activities, actions, or decisions by employers or other affiliated or associated entities having an impact on the Retirement System. …
Sponsors
- Grafstein, Lisa (D, 13) · primary sponsor
- Adcock, Gale (D, 16)
- Bradley, Woodson (D, 42)
- Garrett, Michael (D, 27)
- Mohammed, Mujtaba A. (D, 38)
- Murdock, Natalie S. (D, 20)
- Salvador, DeAndrea (D, 39)
- Smith, Kandie D. (D, 5)
- Theodros, Caleb (D, 41)
Latest actions
- : Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: TSERS BOARD, LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, STATE EMPLOYEES, HEALTH SERVICES, BOARDS, PUBLIC
Common questions
- What is S831?
- S831 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): 25-Year Retirement for First Responders.
- What does S831 do?
- In its own words: An act allowing first responders who are members of the teachers' and state employees' retirement system or the local governmental employees' retirement system to retire with unreduced benefits after achieving twenty-five years of creditable service and making conforming changes.
- What is the status of S831?
- In committee as of April 27, 2026. Latest action: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (April 27, 2026).
- Who sponsored S831?
- Grafstein, Lisa (D, 13), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S831?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S831
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