Retirement Death Benefits Rewrite.

Added a complete bill structure including title, sponsors, referral information, and bill text that was missing from the amendment version.

Changed the reference from amending § 128-45 to § 128-38.45 in the amendment section, though this appears to be a technical correction rather than a substantive policy change.

Added new Article 8 to Chapter 135 containing recodified sections 135-153 through 135-200, reorganizing death benefit plan provisions.

Recodified multiple existing statutes from G.S. 135-7(g) and G.S. 135-5(l) into new sections 135-154 through 135-200, restructuring how death benefit provisions are organized.

Removed amendment-specific language including signature lines for committee chair, vote tracking, and amendment adoption procedures that were not needed in the full bill version.

Corrected a statutory citation on page 13, line 3, changing the reference from '§ 128-45' to '§ 128-38.45'.

Added amendment header information including 'ADOPTED', 'AMENDMENT NO.', and signature lines for the amendment sponsor and committee chair.

Removed original filing information including the date 'Mar 20, 2025', bill number 'DRH40276-MRp-1', and original short title format.

Header information was updated to reflect the bill's final ratified status, replacing draft committee language with official ratification notation.

New Section 2(b) was added to repeal the remainder of G.S. 135-5(l) not recodified by Section 1, ensuring complete cleanup of old statutory language.

Section 3 was added to provide the complete rewritten text of the new Article 8 in Chapter 135, establishing the formal structure for the Death Benefit Plan.

Line numbering and formatting were adjusted throughout the document to conform to standard legislative publication requirements for a ratified bill.

Bill version number changed from H477-v-4 to H477-v-5, and a new Senate Pensions and Retirement and Aging Committee adoption date of 5/20/25 was added.

Line breaks and formatting were adjusted in the short title and sponsor sections, though no substantive policy changes occurred.

The bill version was updated from Edition 3 to Edition 4, with updated committee substitute dates and engrossment dates reflecting the legislative timeline.

Line numbering was reorganized to accommodate the new edition format, though the underlying legislative content remains unchanged.

The version identifier at the bottom of the document was updated from H477-v-3 to H477-v-4 to track the legislative process.

Updated bill version identifier from H477-v-2 to H477-v-3 and added a second committee substitute date of 4/15/25 to reflect additional amendments.

Header information was updated to reflect the Committee Substitute version dated 4/9/25, replacing the original version dated 3/24/25.

Sponsor and referral information sections were removed from the header, streamlining the bill's front matter.

Section numbering was reorganized, with original Section 1.(d) becoming Section 1.(e) and subsequent subsections shifted accordingly.

Version identifier changed from H477-v-1 to H477-v-2 to reflect the updated committee substitute version.