republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2015/hb-970.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

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
Bill	State Controller/Criminal Record Checks.	State Controller/Criminal Record Checks.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2015	HB 970	North Carolina HB 970 (2015)	bill	CRIMINAL RECORDS EMERGENCY SERVICES EMPLOYMENT PERSONNEL PRESENTED PUBLIC PUBLIC OFFICIALS RATIFIED STATE CONTROLLER STATE EMPLOYEES RECORDS CHAPTERED GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.	enacted	Cleveland	4	20	2	2016-04-26	2016-06-22	openstates	ocd-bill/367de79c-067b-43a8-94da-c3c8f5ad4c62	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H970&votesToView=all	efe2494b4dcb385fda8055672fa38a8ea03c8ba936a825e3acebcd4e9360f430	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
4. SL 2016-28 (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/367de79c-067b-43a8-94da-c3c8f5ad4c62. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).