---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disposition of Abandoned Firearms."
description: "Disposition of Abandoned Firearms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 443"
citation: "North Carolina SB 443 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCY SERVICES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SBI", "WEAPONS", "CHAPTERED", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.", "ABANDONED PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-26"
last_action: "2013-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/494e3bae-17c5-4019-ac4b-1277aef11a8f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S443&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cfb627a3ee0adfacae69ef92fb8e1e735ee0a91034eef0a7204abe67a1361d25"
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 443 (2013) — Disposition of Abandoned Firearms.

## 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/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S443v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S443v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S443v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S443v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S443v4.pdf)
6. **SL2013-158** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S443v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **98–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brock — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-19** Ch. SL 2013-158 `became-law`
- **2013-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-13** Pres. To Gov. 06/14/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-13** Ratified
- **2013-06-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-12** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-10** Placed On Cal For 06/12/2013
- **2013-06-10** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-06-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-05** Placed On Cal For 06/06/2013
- **2013-06-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-08** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-07** Rec From Senate
- **2013-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-27** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/494e3bae-17c5-4019-ac4b-1277aef11a8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).