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Representative David Willis(R)
Representative Todd Carver(R)
Representative Donnie Loftis(R)
Representative Neal Jackson(R)
Representative Bill Ward(R)
Representative Keith Kidwell(R)
Representative Brian Biggs(R)
Representative Donna McDowell White(R)
Representative A. Reece Pyrtle, Jr.(R)
Representative Charles W. Miller(R)
Representative Jennifer Balkcom(R)
Representative Jerry "Alan" Branson(R)
Representative Jeffrey C. McNeely(R)
Representative Allen Chesser(R)
Representative Jake Johnson(R)
Representative Joseph Pike(R)
Representative Shelly Willingham(D)
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COUNTIES; CRIMINAL RECORDS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; MINORS; MUNICIPALITIES; PERSONNEL; PUBLIC; SOCIAL SERVICES; RECORDS
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160A (Chapters); 153A-94.2
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H162: Local Gov't Applicants/Criminal History Check. Latest Version
Session: 2025 - 2026
AN ACT providing that counties and cities shall require criminal history record checks for applicants for employment if the position being filled requires the applicant to work with children in any capacity.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 153A‑94.2 reads as rewritten:
§ 153A‑94.2. Criminal history record checks of employees permitted.
(a) The board of commissioners may adopt or provide for rules and regulations or ordinances concerning a requirement that any applicant for employment be subject to a criminal history record check of State and National Repositories of Criminal Histories conducted by the State Bureau of Investigation in accordance with G.S. 143B‑1209.25 [G.S. 143B‑1209.26]. G.S. 143B‑1209.26. The local or regional public employer may consider the results of these criminal history record checks in its hiring decisions.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, if the position being filled requires an applicant for employment to work with children in any capacity, the board of commissioners shall require the applicant be subject to a criminal history record check conducted by the State Bureau of Investigation in accordance with G.S. 143B‑1209.26.
SECTION 1.(b) G.S. 160A‑164.2 reads as rewritten:
§ 160A‑164.2. Criminal history record check of employees permitted.
(a) The council may adopt or provide for rules and regulations or ordinances concerning a requirement that any applicant for employment be subject to a criminal history record check of State and National Repositories of Criminal Histories conducted by the State Bureau of Investigation in accordance with G.S. 143B‑1209.25 [G.S. 143B‑1209.26]. G.S. 143B‑1209.26. The city may consider the results of these criminal history record checks in its hiring decisions.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, if the position being filled requires an applicant for employment to work with children in any capacity, the council shall require the applicant be subject to a criminal history record check conducted by the State Bureau of Investigation in accordance with G.S. 143B‑1209.26.
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2025, and applies to applications for employment on or after that date.