---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal Crossbow Purchase Permit Requirement."
description: "Repeal Crossbow Purchase Permit Requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 406"
citation: "North Carolina SB 406 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "WEAPONS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. BROCK", "SEN. EAST", "SEN. NEWTON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brock", "East"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-23"
last_action: "2011-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7408c09a-0822-4169-b96c-194aacc37b00"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S406&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "359d54f190af1f79deb3ba5ac77de59d33912de6d347bca07859a791474a73b1"
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 SB 406 (2011) — Repeal Crossbow Purchase Permit Requirement.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S406v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S406v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S406v2.pdf)
4. **SL2011-56** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S406v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **77–39** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **69–48** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brock — primary (person)
- East — primary (person)
- Newton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-04-28** Ch. SL 2011-56 `became-law`
- **2011-04-28** Signed By Gov. 4/28/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-04-21** Pres. To Gov. 4/21/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-04-20** Ratified
- **2011-04-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-04-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-04-13** Placed On Cal For 4/14/2011
- **2011-04-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-04** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7408c09a-0822-4169-b96c-194aacc37b00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).