---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Various Gun Laws/Castle Doctrine."
description: "Amend Various Gun Laws/Castle Doctrine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 650"
citation: "North Carolina HB 650 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "ATTORNEYS", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PARKS & RECREATION AREAS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SHERIFFS", "WEAPONS", "REP. HILTON", "DISTRICT ATTORNEYS", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. CLEVELAND", "REP. HASTINGS", "REP. LAROQUE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland", "Hilton", "LaRoque"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-05"
last_action: "2011-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06b91b02-af96-4765-bbc1-5fca00a96b38"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H650&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0390c5a779faf09d5697b651032b0dad8f7b311a9900b7aab2535f82147727c2"
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 650 (2011) — Amend Various Gun Laws/Castle Doctrine.

## 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/H650v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARC-22-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/918/0/H650-ARC-22-V-4)
3. **A2: ARC-23-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/919/0/H650-ARC-23-V-1)
4. **A3: ARC-24-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/920/0/H650-ARC-24-V-1)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H650v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H650v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H650v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H650v4.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H650v5.pdf)
10. **SL2011-268** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H650v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **80–39** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **37–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cleveland — primary (person)
- Hilton — primary (person)
- LaRoque — primary (person)
- Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-06-23** Ch. SL 2011-268 `became-law`
- **2011-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-17** Ratified
- **2011-06-16** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-15** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-15** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2011-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2011
- **2011-06-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-08** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Rec From House
- **2011-06-07** Ordered Engrossed
- **2011-06-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-07** Amend Failed 4 `amendment-failure`
- **2011-06-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-06-07** Amend Adopted 3 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-07** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-07** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-06** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2011
- **2011-06-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-06** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06b91b02-af96-4765-bbc1-5fca00a96b38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).