---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Gov't. Criminal Record Checks."
description: "County Gov't. Criminal Record Checks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 737"
citation: "North Carolina SB 737 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "EMPLOYMENT", "INVESTIGATIONS", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. RAND", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-21"
last_action: "2005-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1be57cd-7362-44c6-834d-e79a263044db"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S737&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1494b4634ce7f7c8ad682c17a196207e8f3775b6dd51a89707bde45b61d1491a"
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 737 (2005) — County Gov't. 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/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S737v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S737v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S737v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S737v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-358** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S737v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-07** Ch. SL 2005-358 `became-law`
- **2005-09-07** Signed By Gov. 9/7/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-23** Pres. To Gov. 8/23/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-23** Ratified
- **2005-08-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-15** Placed On Cal For 8/16/2005
- **2005-08-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-21** Rec From Senate
- **2005-04-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-04-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-22** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1be57cd-7362-44c6-834d-e79a263044db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).