---
type: "Bill"
title: "DPS Agency Changes.-AB"
description: "DPS Agency Changes.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 710"
citation: "North Carolina SB 710 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALARM SYSTEMS; SECURITY SYSTEMS LICENSING BOARD; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; APPOINTMENTS; APPRENTICESHIPS; ARMED FORCES; BOARDS; COMMISSIONS; COURTS; CRIMINAL RECORDS; EMERGENCY SERVICES; EMPLOYMENT; GENERAL ASSEMBLY; GOVERNOR; JUDGES; LICENSING & CERTIFICATION; OCCUPATIONS; PRESENTED; PRIVATE PROTECTIVE SERVICES BD.; PUBLIC; PUBLIC OFFICIALS; RATIFIED; RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT; SECURITY SERVICES; RECORDS; NATIONAL GUARD; PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.; ABC COMN.; CONFIRMATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britt", "Daniel"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-25"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edaef4d7-9b27-4b06-be88-385750a1209e"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S710"
source_hash: "da0f48c0cf8bd0159bdd9f86625514960c52b85ae536b1b2ca7dd0eafd88cc8f"
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 710 (2025) — DPS Agency Changes.-AB

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S710v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S710v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S710v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S710v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S710v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S710v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2025-51** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S710v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **109–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Britt — primary (person)
- Daniel — primary (person)
- B. Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-02** Ch. SL 2025-51 `became-law`
- **2025-07-02** Signed by Gov. 7/2/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** Ratified
- **2025-06-25** Ordered Enrolled
- **2025-06-25** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-25** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2025-06-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-06-25** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2025-06-25** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2025-06-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-06-24** Added to Calendar
- **2025-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-24** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-16** Ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-06-12** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2025-06-12** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2025-06-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-03** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-03-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edaef4d7-9b27-4b06-be88-385750a1209e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).