---
type: "Bill"
title: "Discharging Firearm on School Property."
description: "Discharging Firearm on School Property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1453"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1453 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "EDUCATION", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "FISCAL NOTES", "KINDERGARTEN", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "WEAPONS", "REP. CLARY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MOORE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moore"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-13"
last_action: "2004-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd70fa6b-4f77-417c-9dd5-acdeb9c5fbdd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1453&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a897397fc922036dbb4bd6c1ed1ffc38bb3885a9db5c6e460c04b9fd53b3339a"
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 1453 (2003) — Discharging Firearm on School Property.

## 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/H1453v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1453v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1453v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1453v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1453v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1453v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2004-198** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1453v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Moore — primary (person)
- Clary — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Gorman — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-17** Ch. SL 2004-198 `became-law`
- **2004-08-17** Signed By Gov. 8/17/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-16** Pres. To Gov. 7/15/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-15** Ratified
- **2004-07-14** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2004
- **2004-07-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-07-12** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2004-07-09** Engrossed
- **2004-07-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-07-09** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-07-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2004-07-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-30** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-30** Rec From House
- **2004-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-06-29** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2004-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-06-28** Amendment Withdrawn #1 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2004-06-24** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2004
- **2004-06-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-17** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd70fa6b-4f77-417c-9dd5-acdeb9c5fbdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).