---
type: "Bill"
title: "Assault w/ Firearm on LEO/Increase Punishment."
description: "Assault w/ Firearm on LEO/Increase Punishment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 224"
citation: "North Carolina HB 224 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASSAULT", "CRIMES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "PAROLE & PROBATION", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Smith", "Hastings", "Moore"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e73ac08-66fd-45d6-bec3-c4827b5fdcdb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H224&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a600485525fc8d06a286bfd787d20b26e93fcbe274fc009b27f281a6965fe5f0"
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 224 (2019) — Assault w/ Firearm on LEO/Increase Punishment.

## 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/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H224v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H224v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H224v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H224v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2019-116** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H224v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Smith — primary (person)
- Hastings — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- B. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- McElraft — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Saine — cosponsor (person)
- Sasser — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-11** Ch. SL 2019-116 `became-law`
- **2019-07-11** Signed by Gov. 7/11/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** Ratified
- **2019-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-13** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-14** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-03-14** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-03-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-11** Placed On Cal For 03/13/2019
- **2019-03-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-03-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Ref to the Com on Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e73ac08-66fd-45d6-bec3-c4827b5fdcdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).