---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restore Firearms Rights/Tech Correction."
description: "Restore Firearms Rights/Tech Correction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 18"
citation: "North Carolina HB 18 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONFIDENTIALITY", "COURT CLERKS", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SBI", "SESSION LAWS", "WEAPONS", "REP. HAIRE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-01-31"
last_action: "2011-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90fee87f-e009-450f-af1c-7cbd174c561c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H18&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8a921906d0f609de96b4c16476fb387094ec89ca341d652837cbe0d163ba669d"
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 18 (2011) — Restore Firearms Rights/Tech Correction.

## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H18v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H18v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H18v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H18v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H18v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Haire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-03-05** Ch. SL 2011-2 `became-law`
- **2011-03-05** Signed By Gov. 3/5/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-03-03** Pres. To Gov. 3/3/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-03-02** Ratified
- **2011-03-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-02-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-14** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-11** Rec From House
- **2011-02-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-02-09** Placed On Cal For 2/10/2011
- **2011-02-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-02-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-07** Assigned To Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-01-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90fee87f-e009-450f-af1c-7cbd174c561c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).