North Carolina requires criminal background checks for athlete agents and raises registration fees to $250

Original title: Criminal Background Check For Athlete Agents.

Last action · June 17, 2025: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action)Sponsors: Charles Smith and 13 others

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What This Bill Would Do

Official description

Criminal Background Check For Athlete Agents.

Why it matters

Athlete agents operating in North Carolina face new fingerprinting requirements, must pay the associated background check costs, and will see a $50 increase across all registration and renewal categories.

Who It Would Affect

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Directly affected

Athlete agents

Athlete agents must submit to criminal background checks, pay fingerprinting costs, and pay an increased registration fee of $250.

Directly affected

Secretary of State

The Secretary of State is responsible for collecting fees, managing background check consent forms, remitting fees to the State Bureau of Investigation, and maintaining the confidentiality of criminal history reports.

Directly affected

State Bureau of Investigation

The Bureau receives fingerprint submissions, conducts state criminal history checks, and forwards fingerprints to the FBI for national checks.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who has to pay for the criminal history record check?

The cost of the and fingerprinting must be paid by the applicant.

Are the criminal history reports available to the public?

No. Criminal history reports obtained under this section are kept confidential by the Secretary of State and are explicitly excluded from public records under Chapter 132 of the General Statutes.

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Where This Stands

Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.

Procedural history

7 actions

Jun 17, 2025House
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Jun 17, 2025House
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
Jun 10, 2025House
Re-ref Com On Finance
Jun 10, 2025House
Reptd Fav
Mar 27, 2025House
Ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Mar 27, 2025House
Passed 1st Reading

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Mar 26, 2025HouseIntroduced
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