---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire Dept. Crim. Background Checks."
description: "Fire Dept. Crim. Background Checks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 708"
citation: "North Carolina SB 708 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL RECORDS", "DATA SYSTEMS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "FIREFIGHTING", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. SHUBERT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-01"
last_action: "2003-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b10b396b-0235-440c-86bd-5de3db898482"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S708&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c4a3991db617a6d329891a0f530cc153fcf25142436b27c0018259c18beef5a7"
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 708 (2003) — Fire Dept. Crim. Background 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/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S708v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S708v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S708v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S708v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S708v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-182** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S708v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Pittenger — cosponsor (person)
- Shubert — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-16** Ch. SL 2003-182 `became-law`
- **2003-06-16** Signed By Gov. 6/12/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-09** Pres. To Gov. 6/5/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-04** Ratified
- **2003-06-03** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-29** Placed On Cal For 6/3/2003
- **2003-05-29** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-05-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-27** Placed On Cal For 5/28/2003
- **2003-05-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-29** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-02** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b10b396b-0235-440c-86bd-5de3db898482`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).