---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Locksmith Act/Criminal Checks/Fees."
description: "Amend Locksmith Act/Criminal Checks/Fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 655"
citation: "North Carolina SB 655 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPRENTICESHIPS", "BOARDS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "DEFINITIONS", "EMPLOYMENT", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOCKSMITH LICENSING BOARD", "LOCKSMITHS", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. METCALF", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-31"
last_action: "2003-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c77d44f7-7851-4710-b519-d585836585dd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S655&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "77c106bd6c15c0ca3898c1a15ba31d1edb382376b0b6b3d0a9441220957959d0"
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 655 (2003) — Amend Locksmith Act/Criminal Checks/Fees.

## 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/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S655v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S655v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S655v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S655v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S655v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S655v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2003-350** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S655v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **93–21** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-27** Ch. SL 2003-350 `became-law`
- **2003-07-27** Signed By Gov. 7/27/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/16/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-15** Ratified
- **2003-07-14** Concurred In H Amend # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2003
- **2003-07-10** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2003-07-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-07-09** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-29** Postponed To 7/1/2003
- **2003-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2003
- **2003-06-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-09** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-09** Rec From Senate
- **2003-06-04** Engrossed
- **2003-06-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-04** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-29** Placed On Cal For 6/3/2003
- **2003-05-29** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-05-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-05-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-14** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-05-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-01** Ref to Commerce. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c77d44f7-7851-4710-b519-d585836585dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).