---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certain Law Officers/Waive Handgun Permit."
description: "Certain Law Officers/Waive Handgun Permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1231"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1231 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CJE & TRAINING STANDARDS COMN.", "COMMISSIONS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WEAPONS", "REP. GIBSON", "CHAPTERED", "REP. DAUGHTRIDGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gibson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-28"
last_action: "2007-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a8bc36f-d3bf-458f-b7b3-3a02e47e83f7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1231&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9f1167d382d1322b964a9a98184ca90f16d3f7b31dde95380497c1f48e057938"
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 1231 (2007) — Certain Law Officers/Waive 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1231v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1231v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1231v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1231v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1231v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1231v5.pdf)
7. **SL2007-427** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1231v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **109–4** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **42–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gibson — primary (person)
- Daughtridge — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- R. Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-23** Ch. SL 2007-427 `became-law`
- **2007-08-23** Signed By Gov. 8/23/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-01** Pres. To Gov. 8/1/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-01** Ratified
- **2007-07-31** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-28** Placed On Cal For 7/30/2007
- **2007-07-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-28** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-07-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-23** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-11** Ref to Judiciary I (Civil). If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-11** Rec From House
- **2007-06-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-06-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-06-05** Placed On Cal For 6/6/2007
- **2007-06-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-22** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-29** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a8bc36f-d3bf-458f-b7b3-3a02e47e83f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).