---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permit Weapons at Johnston CC Nature Ctr."
description: "Permit Weapons at Johnston CC Nature Ctr."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 167"
citation: "North Carolina SB 167 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "BLANK BILL", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "HUNTING & FISHING", "LOCAL", "PRESENTED", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "WEAPONS", "WAYNE COUNTY", "JOHNSTON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. SMITH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-24"
last_action: "2003-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/298179d9-dabb-4293-8276-7175f88c9a48"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S167&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "882f81ac837bd24d5e9e72529c168651428cde54defd139d8cf56f34a95e6b78"
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 SB 167 (2003) — Permit Weapons at Johnston CC Nature Ctr.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S167v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S167v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S167v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S167v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-217** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S167v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **110–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-23** Ch. SL 2003-217 `became-law`
- **2003-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/19/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-11** Pres. To Gov. 6/11/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-10** Ratified
- **2003-06-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-05** Placed On Cal For 6/9/2003
- **2003-06-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-05** Ref To Com On Wildlife Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-05** Rec From Senate
- **2003-05-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-01** Placed On Cal For 5/1/2003
- **2003-05-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-05-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-01** Re-ref Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-02-25** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/298179d9-dabb-4293-8276-7175f88c9a48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).