---
type: "Bill"
title: "Probation Officer/No Concealed Carry Required."
description: "Probation Officer/No Concealed Carry Required."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 271"
citation: "North Carolina HB 271 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYMENT", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "WEAPONS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GUICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guice", "Horn", "Ingle"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-08"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5fd2eac-56bb-4501-887c-35534db12cca"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H271&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "85ddd2ca093b03c1d0be2044739e55bb6f5240ae238952497389ab5c00919410"
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 271 (2011) — Probation Officer/No Concealed Carry Required.

## 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/H271v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H271v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H271v2.pdf)
4. **SL2011-243** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H271v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–3** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **107–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Guice — primary (person)
- Horn — primary (person)
- Ingle — primary (person)
- Burr — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-243 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-17** Pres. To Gov. 6/17/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-16** Ratified
- **2011-06-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-13** Rec From House
- **2011-05-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-11** Placed On Cal For 5/12/2011
- **2011-05-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-11** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-03-10** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5fd2eac-56bb-4501-887c-35534db12cca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).