---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Hunter Safety."
description: "Clarify Hunter Safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1277"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1277 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "COMMISSIONS", "DISABLED PERSONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "HUNTING & FISHING", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN.", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FAISON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-18"
last_action: "2005-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09e4e1f0-67cc-42d2-b5b1-a84ee150235e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1277&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d3a9b93ba601ff3702402aebd78d9c5c23c982c62a7d9abb3b59c5fdf085fddd"
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 1277 (2005) — Clarify Hunter Safety.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1277v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1277v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1277v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1277v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1277v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1277v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1277v6.pdf)
8. **SL2005-438** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1277v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **114–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faison — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-27** Ch. SL 2005-438 `became-law`
- **2005-09-27** Signed By Gov. 9/27/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-23** Pres. To Gov. 8/23/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-23** Ratified
- **2005-08-22** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-18** Placed On Cal For 8/22/2005
- **2005-08-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-16** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-08-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-12** Placed On Cal For 8/12/2005
- **2005-08-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-08-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-08-09** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-08-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-08-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-25** Ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-25** Rec From House
- **2005-05-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-05-24** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-19** Placed On Cal For 5/23/2005
- **2005-05-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-04** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-19** Ref to the Com on Wildlife Resources and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09e4e1f0-67cc-42d2-b5b1-a84ee150235e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).