---
type: "Bill"
title: "Magistrate Can Carry Gun in Courthouse."
description: "Magistrate Can Carry Gun in Courthouse."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 473"
citation: "North Carolina HB 473 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDINGS", "COURTS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MAGISTRATES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE BUILDINGS", "WEAPONS", "REP. JUSTUS", "REP. SUTTON", "CHAPTERED", "REP. SPEAR", "REP. HURLEY", "PUBLIC BUILDINGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hurley", "Justus", "Spear"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-05"
last_action: "2009-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/718f2550-faed-480a-8fe5-4e49e95f3182"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H473&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a7b2ea463f41fd5cfa93e3b40bd6c55b08711de67b8a34f09c7d67dd2eda9cd1"
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 473 (2009) — Magistrate Can Carry Gun in Courthouse.

## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H473v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H473v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H473v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H473v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H473v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-513** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H473v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **42–3** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **97–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hurley — primary (person)
- Justus — primary (person)
- Spear — primary (person)
- Avila — cosponsor (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwood — cosponsor (person)
- Blust — cosponsor (person)
- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)
- Burr — cosponsor (person)
- Burris-Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Current — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Guice — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Holloway — cosponsor (person)
- Killian — cosponsor (person)
- McElraft — cosponsor (person)
- Neumann — cosponsor (person)
- R. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)
- Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-26** Ch. SL 2009-513 `became-law`
- **2009-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-07** Pres. To Gov. 8/7/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-07** Ratified
- **2009-08-06** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-08-06** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-08-05** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-05** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-08-05** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-05** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-07-14** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-07-13** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-07-13** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2009-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/13/2009
- **2009-07-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-09** Reptd Unfav For Conc `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2009-06-25** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-25** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-06-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-06-23** Amend Failed #1 `amendment-failure`
- **2009-06-23** Amend Failed #2 `amendment-failure`
- **2009-06-17** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2009
- **2009-06-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-17** Amend Pending #2
- **2009-06-17** Amend Pending #1
- **2009-06-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-06-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-03** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-03** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-31** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-31** Rec From House
- **2009-03-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-03-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-03-25** Placed On Cal For 3/26/2009
- **2009-03-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-03-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-12** Re-ref Com On State Government/State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-09** Ref to the Com on Judiciary III, if favorable, State Government/State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/718f2550-faed-480a-8fe5-4e49e95f3182`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).