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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorize Judge/Concealed Weapon in Court."
+description: "Authorize Judge/Concealed Weapon in Court."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2007"
+identifier: "HB 573"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 573 (2007)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COURTS", "DISTRICT COURT", "JUDGES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WEAPONS", "REP. BRUBAKER", "REP. HOWARD", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED", "REP. WILLIAMS", "REP. BLUE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blue", "Howard", "Williams"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2007-03-08"
+last_action: "2007-08-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/148b35f5-0c0a-47b3-afb2-b4eb88b9aa55"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H573&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "311f7738b44b36a7f5f4b99d46410eea4e0dbc1e523eb281cb022efe5891fd4f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
+---
+
+# North Carolina HB 573 (2007) — Authorize Judge/Concealed Weapon in Court.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H573v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H573v1.pdf)
+3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H573v2.pdf)
+4. **SL2007-412** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H573v3.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **40–7** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **41–7** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blue — primary (person)
+- Howard — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+- Adams — cosponsor (person)
+- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
+- Blackwood — cosponsor (person)
+- Blust — cosponsor (person)
+- Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)
+- Church — cosponsor (person)
+- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
+- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
+- Daughtridge — cosponsor (person)
+- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
+- England — cosponsor (person)
+- Faison — cosponsor (person)
+- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
+- Frye — cosponsor (person)
+- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
+- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Harrell — cosponsor (person)
+- Jones — cosponsor (person)
+- Justus — cosponsor (person)
+- Killian — cosponsor (person)
+- Kiser — cosponsor (person)
+- McComas — cosponsor (person)
+- McGee — cosponsor (person)
+- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
+- Neumann — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Warren — cosponsor (person)
+- Ray — cosponsor (person)
+- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
+- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
+- Spear — cosponsor (person)
+- Steen — cosponsor (person)
+- Sutton — cosponsor (person)
+- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
+- Walker — cosponsor (person)
+- Wiley — cosponsor (person)
+- Wray — cosponsor (person)
+- Yongue — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2007-08-21** Ch. SL 2007-412 `became-law`
+- **2007-08-21** Signed By Gov. 8/21/2007 `executive-signature`
+- **2007-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/2/2007 `executive-receipt`
+- **2007-08-02** Ratified
+- **2007-08-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2007-07-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2007-07-28** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2007
+- **2007-07-28** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2007-07-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2007-04-23** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
+- **2007-04-23** Rec From House
+- **2007-04-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2007-04-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2007-04-11** Postponed To 4/18/2007
+- **2007-04-10** Placed On Cal For 4/11/2007
+- **2007-04-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2007-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2007-03-15** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
+- **2007-03-15** Withdrawn From Comm
+- **2007-03-12** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
+- **2007-03-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-03-08** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/148b35f5-0c0a-47b3-afb2-b4eb88b9aa55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+