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Proposed North Carolina Firearm Legislation H206

Legislation Overview

Title: DPS/Other Changes

Subject: Civil Procedure: Confidentiality: Counties: Courts: Crimes: Domestic Violence: Emergency Services: Evidence: Law Enforcement: Local Government: Minors: Privacy: Property: Public: Sheriffs: Victims Rights: Weapons: Witnesses: Women: Civil Actions: Family Issues: Seized & Forfeited Property: Appointments: Appropriations: Armed Forces: Budgeting: Charitable Donations: Corporations, Nonprofit: Council Of State: Court Clerks: Disasters & Emergencies: Emergency Management: Governor: Information Technology: Internet: Minorities: Notification: Public Officials: Roads & Highways: Sbi: Session Laws: Title Change: Tribes & Tribal Government: Electronic Government: Traffic Offenses: National Guard: Public Safety Dept.: Traffic Cameras: Cameras: Traffic Control Devices: Presented: Ratified: Chaptered

Description: DPS/Other Changes

Session: 2025-2026 Session

Last Action: Ch. SL 2026-53

Last Action Date: July 8, 2026

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

7 sponsors: Carson Smith (R); Celeste Cairns (R); Bill Ward (R); Charles Miller (R); James Adams (R); William Brisson (R); David Willis (R);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 6% (7 of 120)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
	Jul 8, 2026	Ch. SL 2026-53
	Jul 7, 2026	Signed by Gov. 7/7/2026
	Jul 2, 2026	Pres. To Gov. 7/2/2026
	Jul 1, 2026	Ratified
House	Jun 30, 2026	Concurred In S Com Sub
House	Jun 30, 2026	Ordered Enrolled
House	Jun 25, 2026	Placed On Cal For 06/30/2026
House	Jun 25, 2026	Cal Pursuant 36(b)
House	Jun 24, 2026	Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
Senate	Jun 24, 2026	Regular Message Sent To House
Senate	Jun 23, 2026	Passed 3rd Reading
Senate	Jun 23, 2026	Passed 2nd Reading
Senate	Jun 22, 2026	Reptd Fav
Senate	Jun 17, 2026	Reptd Fav Com Substitute
Senate	Jun 17, 2026	Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Senate	Jun 17, 2026	Com Substitute Adopted
Senate	Jun 16, 2026	Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
Senate	Jun 16, 2026	Withdrawn From Com
Senate	Jun 3, 2026	Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Senate	Jun 3, 2026	Reptd Fav Com Substitute
Senate	Jun 3, 2026	Com Substitute Adopted
Senate	May 28, 2026	Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
Senate	May 28, 2026	Withdrawn From Com
House	Apr 3, 2025	Regular Message Sent To Senate
Senate	Apr 3, 2025	Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Senate	Apr 3, 2025	Passed 1st Reading
Senate	Apr 3, 2025	Regular Message Received From House
House	Apr 2, 2025	Passed 3rd Reading
House	Apr 2, 2025	Passed 2nd Reading
House	Mar 31, 2025	Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
House	Mar 31, 2025	Placed On Cal For 04/02/2025
House	Mar 31, 2025	Reptd Fav
House	Mar 25, 2025	Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
House	Mar 25, 2025	Reptd Fav Com Substitute
House	Feb 26, 2025	Passed 1st Reading
House	Feb 26, 2025	Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
House	Feb 25, 2025	Filed

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Chaptered	Jul 8, 2026	state link	bill text
Enrolled	Jul 1, 2026	state link	bill text
Amended	Jun 17, 2026	state link	bill text
Amended	Jun 3, 2026	state link	bill text
Amended	Mar 25, 2025	state link	bill text
Amended	Feb 26, 2025	state link	bill text
Introduced	Feb 25, 2025	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

Description	Vote Date	Yea Votes	Nay Votes	No Votes	Absent	Passed
Second Reading	04/2/2025	114	0	3	3	Yes
Adams, James (R) Yea Ager, John (D) Yea Almond, Jonathan (R) Yea Alston, Vernetta (D) NV Arp, Larry (R) Yea Baker, Amber (D) Yea Ball, Cynthia (D) Yea Belk, Mary (D) Yea Bell, John (R) Yea Biggs, Brian (R) Yea Blackwell, Hugh (R) Yea Blust, John (R) Yea Branson, Jerry (R) Yea Brisson, William (D) Yea Brockman, Cecil (D) Yea Brody, Mark (R) Yea Brown, Gloristine (D) Yea Brown, Kanika (D) Yea Brown, Terry (D) Yea Buansi, Allen (D) Yea Budd, Laura (D) Yea Butler, Deb (D) Yea Cairns, Celeste (R) Yea Campbell, Grant (R) Yea Capps Balkcom, Jennifer (R) Yea Carney, Becky (D) Yea Carver, Richard (R) Yea Cervania, Maria (D) Yea Chesser, Gregory (R) Yea Clampitt, James (R) Yea Clark, Tracy (D) Yea Cohn, Bryan (D) Yea Colvin, Mike (D) Yea Cotham, Patricia (D) Yea Crawford, Sarah (D) Yea Cunningham, Carla (D) Yea Dahle, Allison (D) Yea Davis, Robert (R) Yea Dew, Aisha (D) Absent Dixon, James (R) Yea Echevarria, Brian (R) Yea Eddins, Blair (R) Yea Forde-Hawkins, Zack (D) Yea Gable, Wyatt (R) Yea Gillespie, Karl (R) Yea Goodwin, Edward (R) NV Greene, Edwin (R) Yea Greenfield, Julia (D) Yea Hall, Destin (R) Yea Hall, Kyle (R) Absent Harrison, Mary (D) Yea Hastings, Kelly (R) Yea Helfrich, Beth (D) Yea Howard, Julia (R) Yea Humphrey, Thomas (R) Yea Huneycutt, Cody (R) Yea Iler, Francis (R) Yea Jackson, Frances (D) Yea Jackson, Maze (R) Yea Jeffers, Brannon (D) Yea Johnson, Jake (R) Yea Johnson-Hostler, Monika (D) Yea Jones, Abraham (D) Yea Jones, Brenden (R) Yea Kidwell, Keith (R) Yea Lambeth, Donny (R) Yea Liu, Ya (D) Yea Loftis, Donnie (R) Yea Lofton, Brandon (D) Yea Logan, Carolyn (D) Yea Longest, Tim (D) Yea Lopez, Jordan (D) Yea Lowery, Jarrod (R) Yea Majeed, Nasif (D) Yea McNeely, Jeffrey (R) Yea Miller, Charles (R) Yea Morey, Marcia (D) Yea Moss, Ben (R) Yea Pare, Erin (R) Yea Penny, Howard (R) Yea Pickett, Phillip (R) Yea Pierce, Garland (D) Yea Pierce, Rodney (D) Yea Pike, Joseph (R) NV Pittman, Dante (D) Yea Pless, Steven (R) Yea Potts, Larry (R) Yea Prather, Lindsey (D) Yea Price, Renee (D) Yea Pyrtle, A. Reece (R) Yea Quick, Amos (D) Yea Reeder, Timothy (R) Yea Reives, Robert (D) Yea Rhyne, Heather (R) Yea Riddell, Dennis (R) Yea Roberson, James (D) Yea Ross, Stephen (R) Yea Rubin, Phil (D) Yea Sauls, John (R) Absent Schietzelt, Mike (R) Yea Scott, Paul (R) Yea Setzer, Mitchell (R) Yea Shepard, Phillip (R) Yea Smith, Carson (R) Yea Smith, Charles (D) Yea Stevens, Sarah (R) Yea Strickland, Larry (R) Yea Torbett, John (R) Yea Turner, Brian (D) Yea Tyson, John (R) Yea Ward, William (R) Yea Warren, Harry (R) Yea Watford, Samuel (R) Yea Wheatley, Diane (R) Yea White, Donna (R) Yea Willingham, Shelly (D) Yea Willis, David (R) Yea Winslow, Matthew (R) Yea Zenger, Jeffrey (R) Yea von Haefen, Julie (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Second Reading	06/23/2026	45	0	0	5	Yes
Adcock, Gale (D) Yea Alexander, William (R) Yea Applewhite, Valencia (D) Yea Barnes, Lisa (R) Yea Batch, Sydney (D) Absent Berger, Philip (R) Yea Blue, Daniel (D) Yea Bradley, Woodson (D) Yea Brinson, Robert (R) Yea Britt, Danny (R) Yea Burgin, James (R) Absent Chaudhuri, Jay (D) Yea Chitlik, Sophia (D) Absent Corbin, Harold (R) Yea Craven, David (R) Yea Daniel, Warren (R) Yea Fatmi, Haseeb (D) Yea Ford, Carl (R) Yea Galey, Amy (R) Yea Garrett, Michael (D) Yea Garson, Jonah (D) Yea Grafstein, Lisa (D) Yea Hanig, Robert (R) Yea Hise, Ralph (R) Yea Hollo, Mark (R) Yea Jackson, William (R) Yea Jarvis, Steven (R) Yea Johnson, Matthew (R) Absent Jones, Dana (R) Yea Lazzara, Michael (R) Yea Lee, Michael (R) Yea Lowe, Paul (D) Yea Mayfield, Julie (D) Yea McInnis, Thomas (R) Yea Measmer, Chris (R) Yea Moffitt, Timothy (R) Absent Mohammed, Mujtaba (D) Yea Murdock, Natalie (D) Yea Newton, Eldon (R) Yea Overcash, Bradley (R) Yea Rabon, William (R) Yea Robinson, Gladys (D) Yea Salvador, DeAndrea (D) Yea Sanderson, Norman (R) Yea Sawrey, Benton (R) Yea Sawyer, Vickie (R) Yea Settle, Eddie (R) Yea Smith, Kandie (D) Yea Theodros, Caleb (D) Yea Waddell, Joyce (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
M11 Concur	06/30/2026	108	3	0	7	Yes
Adams, James (R) Yea Ager, John (D) Yea Almond, Jonathan (R) Yea Alston, Vernetta (D) Absent Arp, Larry (R) Yea Baker, Amber (D) Yea Ball, Cynthia (D) Yea Belk, Mary (D) Yea Bell, John (R) Yea Biggs, Brian (R) Yea Blackwell, Hugh (R) Yea Blust, John (R) Yea Branson, Jerry (R) Yea Brisson, William (D) Yea Brody, Mark (R) Yea Brown, Gloristine (D) Yea Brown, Kanika (D) Yea Brown, Terry (D) Yea Buansi, Allen (D) Yea Budd, Laura (D) Yea Butler, Deb (D) Yea Cairns, Celeste (R) Yea Campbell, Grant (R) Yea Capps Balkcom, Jennifer (R) Yea Carney, Becky (D) Yea Carver, Richard (R) Yea Cervania, Maria (D) Nay Chesser, Gregory (R) Yea Clark, Tracy (D) Yea Cohn, Bryan (D) Yea Colvin, Mike (D) Yea Cook, Amanda (D) Nay Cotham, Patricia (D) Yea Crawford, Sarah (D) Yea Dahle, Allison (D) Yea Davis, Robert (R) Yea Dew, Aisha (D) Yea Dixon, James (R) Yea Echevarria, Brian (R) Yea Eddins, Blair (R) Yea Ferguson, Anna (R) Yea Forde-Hawkins, Zack (D) Yea Gable, Wyatt (R) Yea Gillespie, Karl (R) Yea Goodwin, Edward (R) Yea Greene, Edwin (R) Yea Greenfield, Julia (D) Yea Hall, Destin (R) Yea Hall, Kyle (R) Yea Harrison, Mary (D) Nay Hastings, Kelly (R) Yea Helfrich, Beth (D) Yea Howard, Julia (R) Yea Humphrey, Thomas (R) Yea Huneycutt, Cody (R) Yea Iler, Francis (R) Yea Jackson, Frances (D) Yea Jackson, Maze (R) Yea Jeffers, Brannon (D) Yea Johnson, Jake (R) Yea Johnson-Hostler, Monika (D) Yea Jones, Abraham (D) Yea Jones, Brenden (R) Yea Kidwell, Keith (R) Yea Lambeth, Donny (R) Absent Liu, Ya (D) Absent Loftis, Donnie (R) Yea Lofton, Brandon (D) Yea Logan, Carolyn (D) Yea Longest, Tim (D) Yea Lopez, Jordan (D) Yea Lowery, John (R) Absent McNeely, Jeffrey (R) Yea Miller, Charles (R) Yea Morey, Marcia (D) Yea Moss, Ben (R) Yea Pare, Erin (R) Yea Penny, Howard (R) Yea Pickett, Phillip (R) Yea Pierce, Garland (D) Yea Pierce, Rodney (D) Yea Pike, Joseph (R) Yea Pittman, Dante (D) Yea Pless, Steven (R) Yea Potts, Larry (R) Yea Prather, Lindsey (D) Yea Price, Renee (D) Yea Pyrtle, A. Reece (R) Yea Quick, Amos (D) Yea Reeder, Timothy (R) Yea Reives, Robert (D) Yea Rhyne, Heather (R) Yea Riddell, Dennis (R) Yea Roberson, James (D) Yea Ross, Stephen (R) Yea Rubin, Phil (D) Yea Sauls, John (R) Absent Schietzelt, Mike (R) Yea Scott, Paul (R) Yea Setzer, Mitchell (R) Yea Shepard, Phillip (R) Yea Smith, Carson (R) Yea Smith, Charles (D) Yea Strickland, Larry (R) Yea Torbett, John (R) Yea Turner, Brian (D) Yea Tyson, John (R) Yea Ward, William (R) Yea Warren, Harry (R) Absent Watford, Samuel (R) Yea Wheatley, Diane (R) Yea White, Donna (R) Yea Willingham, Shelly (D) Yea Willis, David (R) Absent Winslow, Matthew (R) Yea Zenger, Jeffrey (R) Yea von Haefen, Julie (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page