---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appraisal Bd. Recordkeeping & Bkgrd. Checks."
description: "Appraisal Bd. Recordkeeping & Bkgrd. Checks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 651"
citation: "North Carolina HB 651 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPRAISAL BOARD", "APPRAISALS", "BOARDS", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "CIVIL ACTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hardister", "Szoka"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-13"
last_action: "2015-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/034f9f72-0aa2-4dd0-8bd7-b9c0ad00342f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H651&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0fdf0e59a0e806b3c14190e691408abd41a2c5f122d135945360220f3f617ed3"
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 651 (2015) — Appraisal Bd. Recordkeeping & Bkgrd. 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H651v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AST-124-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/5866/0/H651-AST-124-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H651v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H651v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H651v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H651v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H651v5.pdf)
8. **SL2015-200** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H651v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **69–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hardister — primary (person)
- Szoka — primary (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-08-05** Ch. SL 2015-200 `became-law`
- **2015-08-05** Signed by Gov. 8/5/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-31** Pres. To Gov. 7/31/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-30** Ratified
- **2015-07-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-29** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-29** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-07-29** Added to Calendar
- **2015-07-28** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-07-28** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-07-27** Engrossed
- **2015-07-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-27** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-07-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-07-15** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-30** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-30** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-29** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2015-04-28** Postponed To 04/29/2015
- **2015-04-28** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-04-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-27** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-14** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/034f9f72-0aa2-4dd0-8bd7-b9c0ad00342f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).