---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal History Checks of School Employees."
description: "Criminal History Checks of School Employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 778"
citation: "North Carolina SB 778 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL RECORDS", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "INVESTIGATIONS", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "KINDERGARTEN", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "TEACHERS", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. HARTSELL", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-02"
last_action: "2001-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02a9aaee-dfa0-4094-adc8-286f40e05e86"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S778&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "79672e7526de60ce2d8e19c6ed56367fc1f984419cc32871a1d84118ac226849"
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 SB 778 (2001) — Criminal History Checks of School Employees.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S778v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S778v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S778v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S778v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-376** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S778v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **107–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-08-17** Ch. SL 2001-376 `became-law`
- **2001-08-17** Signed By Gov. 8/17/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-07** Pres. To Gov. 8/7/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-06** Ratified
- **2001-08-02** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-01** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2001
- **2001-08-01** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-07-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-07-30** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2001
- **2001-07-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-30** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-30** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-03** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02a9aaee-dfa0-4094-adc8-286f40e05e86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).