---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concealed Handgun Reciprocity."
description: "Concealed Handgun Reciprocity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 33"
citation: "North Carolina SB 33 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "INTERSTATE COOPERATION", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WEAPONS", "SEN. THOMAS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-12"
last_action: "2003-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ede0cc14-ce99-46dd-ae32-5edc3ba8f07a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S33&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a7c3669d4ed8a04b9659ecc153c502d2a8eb67807acbc6afe53addb459fecad9"
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 33 (2003) — Concealed Handgun Reciprocity.

## 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/S33v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S33v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S33v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S33v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S33v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-199** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S33v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **93–15** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **39–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Ballantine — cosponsor (person)
- Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Pittenger — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
- Shubert — cosponsor (person)
- Sloan — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-14** Ch. SL 2003-199 `became-law`
- **2003-06-14** Signed By Gov. 6/14/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-09** Pres. To Gov. 6/5/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-04** Ratified
- **2003-06-03** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-29** Placed On Cal For 6/3/2003
- **2003-05-29** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-05-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-13** Placed On Cal For 5/14/2003
- **2003-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-24** Rec From Senate
- **2003-03-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-03-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-03-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-02-13** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ede0cc14-ce99-46dd-ae32-5edc3ba8f07a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).