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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Controller/Criminal Record Checks."
+description: "State Controller/Criminal Record Checks."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2015"
+identifier: "HB 970"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 970 (2015)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMINAL RECORDS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "STATE CONTROLLER", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2016-04-26"
+last_action: "2016-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/367de79c-067b-43a8-94da-c3c8f5ad4c62"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H970&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "efe2494b4dcb385fda8055672fa38a8ea03c8ba936a825e3acebcd4e9360f430"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
+---
+
+# North Carolina HB 970 (2015) — State Controller/Criminal Record Checks.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H970v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H970v1.pdf)
+3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H970v2.pdf)
+4. **SL 2016-28** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H970v3.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
+- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cleveland — primary (person)
+- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
+- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
+- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
+- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
+- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-06-22** Ch. SL 2016-28 `became-law`
+- **2016-06-22** Signed by Gov. 6/22/2016 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-06-17** Pres. To Gov. 6/17/2016 `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-06-16** Ratified
+- **2016-06-15** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2016-06-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2016-06-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2016-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-05-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
+- **2016-05-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2016-05-19** Special Message Received From House
+- **2016-05-19** Special Message Sent To Senate
+- **2016-05-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2016-05-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2016-05-18** Placed On Cal For 05/19/2016
+- **2016-05-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2016-05-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-04-27** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
+- **2016-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2016-04-26** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/367de79c-067b-43a8-94da-c3c8f5ad4c62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+