North Carolina 2017-2018 Session Status: Passed House

HB 577 — LSC Crim. Check/Felonious Gaming Machines.

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What changed in the latest version

39 added · 56 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent changes to House Bill 577 clarify the provisions regarding fees for conducting criminal record checks. Specifically, they ensure that the fees charged will only cover the actual costs associated with the process, like searching and retrieving information. This matters because it protects individuals from potentially excessive fees and ensures that the system is fair and transparent. The effective date for the bill remains the same: October 1, 2017.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2017 H 2 HOUSE BILL 577 Senate Judiciary Committee Substitute Adopted 6/14/17 Short Title:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2017 H 1 HOUSE BILL 577 Short Title:
LSC Crim.
Authorize LSC/Criminal Record Checks.
Check/Felonious Gaming Machines.
Representative Lewis.
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
April 6, 2017 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT AUTHORIZING CRIMINAL RECORD CHECKS OF ANY CURRENT OR PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, VOLUNTEERS, OR CONTRACTORS OF THE LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMISSION AND TO CLARIFY FELONIOUS POSSESSION OF ELECTRONIC SWEEPSTAKES MACHINES OR DEVICES.
Finance April 6, 2017 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT AUTHORIZING CRIMINAL RECORD CHECKS OF ANY CURRENT OR PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, VOLUNTEERS, OR CONTRACTORS OF THE LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMISSION.
The Department of Public Safety may charge a fee to offset the cost incurred by it *H577-v-2* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 to conduct a criminal record check under this section.
The Department of Public Safety may charge a fee to offset the cost incurred by it *H577-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 to conduct a criminal record check under this section.
The fee shall not exceed the actual cost of locating, editing, researching, and retrieving the information." SECTION 3.(a) G.S.
The fee shall not exceed the actual cost of locating, editing, researching, and retrieving the information." SECTION 3.
14-297 reads as rewritten:
This act becomes effective October 1, 2017.
"§ 14-297.
Page 2 House Bill 577-First Edition
Allowing electronic machines or devices, gaming tables, illegal punchboards or slot machines on premises.
(a) If any person shall knowingly suffer to be opened, kept or used in his the person's house or on any part of the premises occupied therewith, any of the gaming tables prohibited by G.S.
14-289 through 14-300 or any illegal punchboard or illegal slot machine, hethat person shall forfeit and pay to any one who will sue therefor two hundred dollars ($200.00), and shall also be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
(b) If any person shall knowingly suffer to be opened, kept, or used in or on any part of any premises owned or controlled by the person more than four electronic machines or devices, as defined by G.S.
14-306.4, within 100 feet of any other electronic machines or devices, that person shall forfeit the electronic machines or devices and shall also be guilty of a Class G felony." SECTION 3.(b) This section becomes effective December 1, 2017, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
SECTION 4.
Except as otherwise provided, this act becomes effective October 1, 2017.
Page 2 House Bill 577-Second Edition
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Action History

  1. Conferees Changed

  2. Failed Concur In S Com Sub

  3. Conf Com Appointed

  4. Conf Com Appointed

  5. Withdrawn From Com

  6. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  7. Placed On Cal For 06/04/2018

  8. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  9. Added to Calendar

  10. Withdrawn From Cal

  11. Re-ref Com On Judiciary III

  12. Withdrawn From Com

  13. Placed on Today's Calendar

  14. Amend Adopted A1

  15. Passed 2nd Reading

  16. Passed 3rd Reading

  17. Special Message Sent To House

  18. Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub and S Amend

  19. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  20. Com Substitute Adopted

  21. Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  22. Withdrawn From Com

  23. Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  24. Regular Message Sent To Senate

  25. Regular Message Received From House

  26. Passed 1st Reading

  27. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  28. Passed 2nd Reading

  29. Passed 3rd Reading

  30. Reptd Fav

  31. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  32. Placed On Cal For 04/26/2017

  33. Passed 1st Reading

  34. Ref To Com On Finance

  35. Filed

Sponsors

  • Speciale · Cosponsor
  • Lewis · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 177 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (2)

  • Speciale
  • Lewis

Not signed on (177)

177 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

M11 Not Concur

Passed 101 Yea · 0 Nay · 19 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 630013
Democratic 14001
Republican 24004
U 0001
Total 1010019
% of votes cast 84%0%0%16%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
McGrady — Yea
Michaux — Not Voting
Rogers — Yea
Steinburg — Yea
Yarborough — Yea
Zachary — Yea
Autry — Yea
Boles — Yea
Boswell — Not Voting
Burr — Yea
Conrad — Yea
Dobson — Yea
Faircloth — Yea
Farmer-Butterfield — Not Voting
Fisher — Yea
Floyd — Not Voting
Fraley — Yea
Garrison — Not Voting
Gill — Yea
L.Bell — Yea
C.Graham — Yea
Jackson — Yea
G.Martin — Yea
R.Moore — Yea
W.Richardson — Yea
B.Turner — Yea
J.Bell — Yea
BertJones — Yea
Beasley — Yea
Black — Yea
Earle — Yea
Goodman — Yea
Holley — Yea
Hunter — Yea
Insko — Yea
Lucas — Yea
Terry — Yea
Wray — Yea
Brawley — Yea
BrendenJones — Yea
DestinHall — Yea
K.Hall — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Malone — Yea
S.Martin — Yea
Stone — Yea
R.Turner — Yea
DuaneHall — Not Voting
T.Moore(Speaker) — Not Voting
G.Adcock — Not Voting
G.Graham — Not Voting
B.Richardson — Not Voting
Bradford — Yea
Bumgardner — Yea
Cleveland — Yea
Collins — Yea
Dollar — Yea
Dulin — Yea
Elmore — Yea
Hanes — Not Voting
Hardister — Yea
Henson — Yea
Horn — Yea
Hurley — Yea
Jordan — Yea
Lewis — Yea
McElraft — Yea
McNeill — Yea
Muller — Yea
Presnell — Yea
Saine — Yea
Speciale — Yea
Szoka — Yea
Williams — Yea
Grange — Not Voting
Murphy — Not Voting
Amos L. Quick, III Democratic Yea
Becky Carney Democratic Yea
Cecil Brockman Democratic Yea
Cynthia Ball Democratic Yea
Dante Pittman Democratic Yea
Deb Butler Democratic Yea
Eric Ager Democratic Yea
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Yea
Graig Meyer Democratic Yea
Joe John Democratic Yea
Marcia Morey Democratic Yea
Mary Belk Democratic Not Voting
Pricey Harrison Democratic Yea
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Yea
Shelly Willingham Democratic Yea
Carl Ford Republican Yea
Dean Arp Republican Yea
Dennis Riddell Republican Yea
Donna McDowell White Republican Yea
Donny Lambeth Republican Yea
Frank Iler Republican Yea
Harry Warren Republican Yea
Hugh Blackwell Republican Yea
Jay Adams Republican Yea
Jimmy Dixon Republican Yea
John A. Torbett Republican Yea
John M. Blust Republican Not Voting
John Sauls Republican Not Voting
Julia C. Howard Republican Yea
Kelly E. Hastings Republican Not Voting
Kevin Corbin Republican Yea
Larry C. Strickland Republican Yea
Larry W. Potts Republican Yea
Mark Brody Republican Yea
Mike Clampitt Republican Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Yea
Phil Shepard Republican Yea
Sam Watford Republican Not Voting
Sarah Stevens Republican Yea
Stephen M. Ross Republican Yea
Ted Davis, Jr. Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Yea
William D. Brisson Republican Yea
Carla D. Cunningham U Not Voting

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Second Reading

Passed 38 Yea · 8 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 3202
Republican 9001
Unaffiliated 26601
Total 38804
% of votes cast 76%16%0%8%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
McKissick — Yea
Pate — Yea
Randleman — Yea
Ballard — Yea
Barefoot — Yea
Brock — Yea
Foushee — Nay
J.Jackson — Yea
VanDuyn — Yea
J.Davis — Yea
B.Jackson — Yea
Barringer — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Curtis — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Edwards — Yea
Gunn — Yea
Harrington — Yea
Horner — Yea
Krawiec — Yea
Newton — Yea
D.Davis — Nay
Smith — Nay
Brown — Nay
Tucker — Nay
Bryant — Nay
Meredith — Yea
Rabin — Yea
Tarte — Yea
Tillman — Yea
Wade — Yea
Wells — Yea
Woodard — Not Voting
Amanda P. Cook Democratic Yea
Dan Blue Democratic Yea
Gladys A. Robinson Democratic Not Voting
Jay J. Chaudhuri Democratic Not Voting
Joyce Waddell Democratic Nay
Paul A. Lowe, Jr. Democratic Nay
Tracy Clark Democratic Yea
Bill Rabon Republican Yea
Carl Ford Republican Not Voting
Danny Earl Britt, Jr. Republican Yea
Michael V. Lee Republican Yea
Norman W. Sanderson Republican Yea
Phil Berger Republican Yea
Ralph Hise Republican Yea
Tom McInnis Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Yea
Warren Daniel Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 577?
HB 577 is sponsored by Speciale and Lewis.
What is the current status of HB 577?
This bill died with 2017-2018 Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 577?
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