---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Concealed Handgun Permit Laws."
description: "Amend Concealed Handgun Permit Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 859"
citation: "North Carolina HB 859 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "COURTS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FISCAL NOTES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "NARCOTICS", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SENTENCING", "TITLE CHANGE", "WEAPONS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GUICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guice", "R. Warren", "Spear"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-26"
last_action: "2010-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64e5f2b1-9e7b-4ba3-a149-1150ab326659"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H859&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8ddd99e34b1d4b61e81f15e38cfd5cbc5ae42699e743ae58dcb657e052a7631a"
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 859 (2009) — Amend Concealed Handgun Permit Laws.

## 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/H859v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H859v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H859v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H859v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H859v4.pdf)
6. **SL2010-104** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H859v5.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **45–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Guice — primary (person)
- R. Warren — primary (person)
- Spear — primary (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)
- Burr — cosponsor (person)
- Burris-Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Daughtry — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Justus — cosponsor (person)
- Killian — cosponsor (person)
- Love — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Neumann — cosponsor (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)
- Steen — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- Tillis — cosponsor (person)
- Wiley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-20** Ch. SL 2010-104 `became-law`
- **2010-07-20** Signed By Gov. 7/20/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-10** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-09** Ratified
- **2010-07-09** Conf Report Adopted
- **2010-07-09** Conf Report Adopted
- **2010-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2010
- **2010-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2010
- **2010-07-09** Conf Com Reported
- **2010-07-09** Conf Com Reported
- **2010-07-09** Conf Com Appointed
- **2010-07-09** Conf Com Appointed
- **2010-07-09** Failed concur in S/Com Sub
- **2010-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2010
- **2010-07-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-07-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2010-07-06** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2010-07-06** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2010-07-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/6/2010
- **2010-07-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-07-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-15** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2010-06-03** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-03** Withdrawn From Com
- **2010-05-12** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-19** Held by Senate
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-13** Placed On Cal For 5/14/2009
- **2009-05-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-07** Re-ref Com On State Government/State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-30** Ref to the Com on Judiciary III, if favorable, State Government/State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64e5f2b1-9e7b-4ba3-a149-1150ab326659`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).