---
type: "Bill"
title: "Caldwell/Discharge of Firearms."
description: "Caldwell/Discharge of Firearms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 794"
citation: "North Carolina HB 794 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "CRIMES", "FISCAL NOTES", "LOCAL", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "WEAPONS", "REP. STARNES", "CALDWELL COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-03-22"
last_action: "2001-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaab2969-a0c1-466b-a614-e3f39d783113"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H794&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9c544c028d6f338a0aacf30d2eda21c14c520a48a45ddb8b78867808aedc7d87"
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 794 (2001) — Caldwell/Discharge of Firearms.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H794v1.pdf)
2. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H794v2.pdf)
3. **SL 2001-67** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H794v3.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-05-14** Ch. SL 2001-67 `became-law`
- **2001-05-14** Ratified
- **2001-05-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-05** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-05** Rec From House
- **2001-04-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-03** Placed On Cal For 4/4/2001
- **2001-04-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eaab2969-a0c1-466b-a614-e3f39d783113`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).