---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firefighters Criminal History Record Checks."
description: "Firefighters Criminal History Record Checks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 378"
citation: "North Carolina HB 378 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "FIRE MARSHALL", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "MINORS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blackwell", "Saine", "Torbett"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-15"
last_action: "2023-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59d4c1ed-e8ef-40e6-9384-053c47bbf742"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H378"
source_hash: "d687b1087fa32e5a46c7048b6eed2eb54ee59f32d915e1508a1dfb39232e9558"
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 378 (2023) — Firefighters Criminal History Record Checks.

## 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/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H378v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ACI-9-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/4377/0/H378-ACI-9-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H378v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H378v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H378v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H378v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H378v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H378v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2023-104** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H378v7.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Blackwell — primary (person)
- Saine — primary (person)
- Torbett — primary (person)
- Balkcom — cosponsor (person)
- Biggs — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Loftis — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- N. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Pyrtle — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-21** Ch. SL 2023-104 `became-law`
- **2023-07-21** Signed by Gov. 7/21/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-14** Pres. To Gov. 7/14/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-07-13** Ratified
- **2023-07-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-07-12** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-29** Placed On Cal For 07/12/2023
- **2023-06-29** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2023-06-29** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2023-06-29** Special Message Sent To House
- **2023-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-20** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-20** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-04-20** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-04-19** Ordered Engrossed
- **2023-04-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-18** Placed On Cal For 04/19/2023
- **2023-04-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-04-18** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 3, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-16** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59d4c1ed-e8ef-40e6-9384-053c47bbf742`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).