HB 498 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Military to Teacher Retirement Incentive.

HB 498 creates a retirement credit for North Carolina teachers who served in the military. It allows veterans to count up to four years of active duty service toward their state retirement system, provided they weren’t dishonorably discharged, served before becoming a teacher, and meet licensure requirements. The bill modifies the retirement system to include this credit, requiring employers to pay a lump sum covering the retirement system’s increased liability for the credited service. This directly affects military veterans transitioning to teaching careers in North Carolina, making their prior service count toward retirement benefits.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 24, 2025 Last action Mar 26, 2025

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Filed → Edition 1 · 6 edits

MODERATE

The bill's header and sponsorship information were updated to reflect current session details and additional sponsors. The core legislative text regarding military-to-teacher retirement incentives remains substantively unchanged, with only minor line renumbering and a formatting adjustment to the document identifier.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill header to reflect the 2025 session and changed the document identifier from 'DRH10109-MRp-64' to 'H498-v-1'.

Expanded the sponsors list to include Representatives Loftis, Tyson, and Goodwin and added a reference to the General Assembly website for a complete list.

Updated the referral information to include specific dates and committees for the 2025 session.

Reformatted the text of the bill to align line numbers and paragraph structure, resulting in a shift of line numbers for the main body of the text.

Removed the original line 35 and 36 which contained the employer contribution requirement, as this text was re-integrated into the new line numbering sequence.

Added new lines 1 and 2 in the renumbered text to restate the employer contribution requirement, ensuring the content remains intact despite the formatting shift.

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Committee

Mar 26, 2025

Committee

Ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Homeland Security and Military and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

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Mar 24, 2025

Introduced

Filed

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3 primary · 43 co-sponsors