---
type: "Bill"
title: "Background Checks for Firefighters."
description: "Background Checks for Firefighters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 698"
citation: "North Carolina HB 698 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMITTEES", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HEALTH SERVICES", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RESCUE SQUADS", "STUDIES", "VOLUNTEERS", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "JUSTICE OVERSIGHT COMM.", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramsey", "Saine"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-09"
last_action: "2014-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2600ac0f-d948-428a-a2de-0641f87be32c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H698&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f2e6b956e806251c6db8bfa703619411978b6507f25b698d5f86e15e2a87b3bb"
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 698 (2013) — Background Checks for Firefighters.

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H698v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARV-66-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/8756/0/H698-ARV-66-V-2)
3. **A2: AST-177-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/8776/0/H698-AST-177-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H698v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H698v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H698v3.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H698v4.pdf)
8. **SL2014-27** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H698v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ramsey — primary (person)
- Saine — primary (person)
- Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-06-25** Ch. SL 2014-27 `became-law`
- **2014-06-25** Signed by Gov. 6/25/2014 `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-19** Pres. To Gov. 6/19/2014 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-06-19** Ratified
- **2014-06-18** Ordered Enrolled
- **2014-06-18** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-18** Added to Calendar
- **2014-06-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2014-06-17** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2014-06-17** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2014-06-12** Engrossed
- **2014-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2014-06-12** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-06-11** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2014-06-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-13** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-13** Rec From House
- **2013-05-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-08** Placed On Cal For 05/09/2013
- **2013-05-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-11** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2600ac0f-d948-428a-a2de-0641f87be32c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).