---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal History Checks/DPI Employees."
description: "Criminal History Checks/DPI Employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1659"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1659 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL RECORDS", "EDUCATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FISHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-04-18"
last_action: "2007-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e77b0c1-813f-4178-b784-1902f43b603c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1659&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ad9532ef2fe469d2d8caf6e0dc3a1f0865f7960c783ace98ae093c54a4419051"
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 1659 (2007) — Criminal History Checks/DPI Employees.

## 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1659v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1659v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1659v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1659v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1659v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-516** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1659v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fisher — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-30** Ch. SL 2007-516 `became-law`
- **2007-08-30** Signed By Gov. 8/30/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-01** Pres. To Gov. 8/1/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-01** Ratified
- **2007-07-31** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-28** Placed On Cal For 7/30/2007
- **2007-07-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-28** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-07-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-24** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-24** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-07-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-11** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-11** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-06-25** Ref To Com On Education/Public Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-25** Rec From House
- **2007-06-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-06-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/20/2007
- **2007-06-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-12** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-17** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-19** Ref to the Com on State Personnel and, if favorable, to the Com on Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e77b0c1-813f-4178-b784-1902f43b603c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).