---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hunting With Pistols."
description: "Hunting With Pistols."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1158"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1158 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "COMMISSIONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "HUNTING & FISHING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WEAPONS", "WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN.", "CHAPTERED", "REP. DAUGHTRIDGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-09"
last_action: "2003-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b87a6d7-77c9-4b9d-9c6e-e6d9c8864647"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1158&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cb7fa92db4975b8ff920320860a48b8f78280c5fe86e81bd0e4767096ac6f77d"
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 1158 (2003) — Hunting With Pistols.

## 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/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1158v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1158v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1158v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1158v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **43–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Daughtridge — cosponsor (person)
- K. Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-09** Ch. SL 2003-160 `became-law`
- **2003-06-09** Signed By Gov. 6/5/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-05-28** Pres. To Gov. 5/28/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-27** Ratified
- **2003-05-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-24** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** Rec From House
- **2003-04-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-22** Placed On Cal For 4/23/2003
- **2003-04-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-10** Ref To Com On Wildlife Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b87a6d7-77c9-4b9d-9c6e-e6d9c8864647`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).