HB 829 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Locksmith Licensing Act Modernization.

HB 829 requires all locksmith businesses (including corporations, sole proprietorships, and partnerships) and individual locksmiths to obtain and renew a license annually from the North Carolina Locksmith Licensing Board. It updates apprentice rules to mandate 16 hours of training, a background check, and a visible badge for apprentices working under a licensed locksmith, with a three-year limit to complete the licensing exam. The bill clarifies that locksmiths must be licensed when providing services in facilities holding sensitive records (like hospitals, schools, or government offices), and unlicensed work is punishable by fines or imprisonment, starting as a Class 1 misdemeanor for a first offense.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Apr 8, 2025 Last action Jun 17, 2025

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What changed between versions

Filed → Edition 1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill update modernizes the Locksmith Licensing Act by adding multiple primary sponsors and updating the bill reference number. The substantive content of the licensing requirements, definitions, and qualifications remains unchanged from the previous version.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; this is primarily a formatting and administrative update between the filed version and Edition 1.

TECHNICAL

Added additional primary sponsors (Representatives Winslow and Chesser) to the bill sponsorship list.

Updated the bill reference number from DRH30299-NN-58 to H829-v-1.

Added additional committee referral information (Regulatory Reform, Finance, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House) with a date of April 9, 2025.

Removed the original filing date of April 8, 2025 from the header.

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Committee

Jun 17, 2025

Committee

Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

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Jun 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

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lower

Jun 10, 2025

Committee

Re-ref Com On Finance

lower

Jun 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

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Jun 2, 2025

Committee

Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Committee

Ref to the Com on Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

lower

Apr 8, 2025

Introduced

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2 primary · 2 co-sponsors