---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Controller/Criminal Record Checks."
description: "State Controller/Criminal Record Checks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 970"
citation: "North Carolina HB 970 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL RECORDS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "STATE CONTROLLER", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-04-26"
last_action: "2016-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/367de79c-067b-43a8-94da-c3c8f5ad4c62"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H970&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "efe2494b4dcb385fda8055672fa38a8ea03c8ba936a825e3acebcd4e9360f430"
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 970 (2015) — State Controller/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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H970v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H970v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H970v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2016-28** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H970v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cleveland — primary (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-22** Ch. SL 2016-28 `became-law`
- **2016-06-22** Signed by Gov. 6/22/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-06-17** Pres. To Gov. 6/17/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-06-16** Ratified
- **2016-06-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-05-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Special Message Received From House
- **2016-05-19** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2016-05-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-05-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-18** Placed On Cal For 05/19/2016
- **2016-05-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2016-05-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-04-27** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/367de79c-067b-43a8-94da-c3c8f5ad4c62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).