---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorize Judge/Concealed Weapon in Court."
description: "Authorize Judge/Concealed Weapon in Court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 573"
citation: "North Carolina HB 573 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "DISTRICT COURT", "JUDGES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WEAPONS", "REP. BRUBAKER", "REP. HOWARD", "SUPERIOR COURT", "CHAPTERED", "REP. WILLIAMS", "REP. BLUE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blue", "Howard", "Williams"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-08"
last_action: "2007-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/148b35f5-0c0a-47b3-afb2-b4eb88b9aa55"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H573&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "311f7738b44b36a7f5f4b99d46410eea4e0dbc1e523eb281cb022efe5891fd4f"
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 573 (2007) — Authorize Judge/Concealed Weapon in Court.

## 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/H573v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H573v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H573v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-412** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H573v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **40–7** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **41–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blue — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwood — cosponsor (person)
- Blust — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)
- Church — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Daughtridge — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- J. Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Justus — cosponsor (person)
- Killian — cosponsor (person)
- Kiser — cosponsor (person)
- McComas — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Neumann — cosponsor (person)
- R. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Spear — cosponsor (person)
- Steen — cosponsor (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Yongue — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-21** Ch. SL 2007-412 `became-law`
- **2007-08-21** Signed By Gov. 8/21/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/2/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-02** Ratified
- **2007-08-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-28** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2007
- **2007-07-28** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-07-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-23** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-23** Rec From House
- **2007-04-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-04-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-04-11** Postponed To 4/18/2007
- **2007-04-10** Placed On Cal For 4/11/2007
- **2007-04-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-15** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-03-12** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/148b35f5-0c0a-47b3-afb2-b4eb88b9aa55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).