---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gun Sale Legal w/Concealed Handgun Permit."
description: "Gun Sale Legal w/Concealed Handgun Permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 817"
citation: "North Carolina HB 817 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "FISCAL NOTES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "SALES", "WEAPONS", "REP. HILTON", "REP. SEXTON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hilton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-31"
last_action: "2004-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30924d21-6097-47af-bacf-0fe8652f66fa"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H817&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a030e28bbcf56b225dc7282240a94692a99002d33156c42b2512abfa1e357cec"
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 817 (2003) — Gun Sale Legal w/Concealed Handgun Permit.

## 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/H817v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H817v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H817v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H817v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2004-183** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H817v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **106–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hilton — primary (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwood — cosponsor (person)
- Bowie — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Capps — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Creech — cosponsor (person)
- Culp — cosponsor (person)
- Daughtry — cosponsor (person)
- Decker — cosponsor (person)
- Eddins — cosponsor (person)
- Ellis — cosponsor (person)
- Fox — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- G. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Gorman — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Holliman — cosponsor (person)
- Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Justus — cosponsor (person)
- K. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- McHenry — cosponsor (person)
- McMahan — cosponsor (person)
- Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Nye — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Rayfield — cosponsor (person)
- Sauls — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Sexton — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Stiller — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Wood — cosponsor (person)
- Yongue — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-10** Ch. SL 2004-183 `became-law`
- **2004-08-10** Signed By Gov. 8/10/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-16** Pres. To Gov. 7/15/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-15** Ratified
- **2004-07-14** Conf Report Adopted
- **2004-07-14** Conf Report Adopted
- **2004-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2004
- **2004-07-13** Conf Com Reported
- **2004-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2004
- **2004-07-13** Conf Com Reported
- **2004-07-09** Conf Com Appointed
- **2004-07-09** Conf Com Appointed
- **2004-07-09** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2004-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2004
- **2004-07-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-07-08** Reptd Unfav For Conc `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2004-06-28** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-28** Com Sub Ruled Material
- **2004-06-28** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2004-06-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-06-22** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2004
- **2004-06-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2004-06-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2004
- **2004-06-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-15** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2004-06-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-30** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** Rec From House
- **2003-04-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-24** Placed On Cal For 4/28/2003
- **2003-04-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30924d21-6097-47af-bacf-0fe8652f66fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).