republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2003/sb-708.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

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Bill	Fire Dept. Crim. Background Checks.	Fire Dept. Crim. Background Checks.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2003	SB 708	North Carolina SB 708 (2003)	bill	CRIMINAL RECORDS DATA SYSTEMS EMERGENCY SERVICES EMPLOYMENT FIREFIGHTING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW ENFORCEMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL PRESENTED PUBLIC RATIFIED TITLE CHANGE RECORDS CHAPTERED SEN. SHUBERT	enacted		6	18	2	2003-04-01	2003-06-16	openstates	ocd-bill/b10b396b-0235-440c-86bd-5de3db898482	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S708&votesToView=all	c4a3991db617a6d329891a0f530cc153fcf25142436b27c0018259c18beef5a7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina SB 708 (2003) — Fire Dept. Crim. Background Checks.

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Edition 2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Edition 3 (committee substitute) — source
5. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
6. SL 2003-182 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Motion 8\To Concur — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• Second Reading — 112–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Blake — cosponsor (person)
• Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
• Forrester — cosponsor (person)
• Foxx — cosponsor (person)
• Pittenger — cosponsor (person)
• Shubert — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-06-16 Ch. SL 2003-182 became-law
• 2003-06-16 Signed By Gov. 6/12/2003 executive-signature
• 2003-06-09 Pres. To Gov. 6/5/2003 executive-receipt
• 2003-06-04 Ratified
• 2003-06-03 Concurred In H/com Sub amendment-passage
• 2003-05-29 Placed On Cal For 6/3/2003
• 2003-05-29 Rec To Concur H Com Sub
• 2003-05-28 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2003-05-27 Placed On Cal For 5/28/2003
• 2003-05-27 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2003-05-27 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-04-29 Ref To Com On Judiciary I referral-committee
• 2003-04-29 Rec From Senate
• 2003-04-24 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2003-04-23 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2003-04-23 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-04-02 Ref To Com On Judiciary II referral-committee
• 2003-04-01 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b10b396b-0235-440c-86bd-5de3db898482. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).