---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearm Disposal/UNC Campus Police."
description: "Firearm Disposal/UNC Campus Police."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 481"
citation: "North Carolina HB 481 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMPANY POLICE", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALES & CONVEYANCES", "SEIZED & FORFEITED PROPERTY", "UNC", "WEAPONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Smith", "Faircloth"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-01"
last_action: "2021-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e18d798f-d81f-4ea9-9d00-98b5cf351eea"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H481"
source_hash: "7755dc30c767f7dfff344a030bcceab67436646e2db6efb7fcc6babbc53b7e3c"
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 481 (2021) — Firearm Disposal/UNC Campus Police.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H481v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATT-72-V-6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/52644/0/H481-ATT-72-V-6)
3. **A2: ACE-29-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/52649/0/H481-ACE-29-V-3)
4. **A3: ACE-30-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/52648/0/H481-ACE-30-V-2)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H481v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H481v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H481v3.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H481v4.pdf)
9. **SL 2021-116** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H481v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur Sen. Amd. 1, 2, 3 — **93–8** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **33–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Smith — primary (person)
- Faircloth — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-23** Ch. SL 2021-116 `became-law`
- **2021-08-23** Signed by Gov. 8/23/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20** Pres. To Gov. 8/20/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-19** Ratified
- **2021-08-18** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-08-18** Concurred In S Amend SA3 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-18** Concurred In S Amend SA2 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-18** Concurred In S Amend SA1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-16** Placed On Cal For 08/18/2021
- **2021-08-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2021-08-12** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-08-11** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
- **2021-08-11** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-08-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-08-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-08-10** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-10** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-10** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-23** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-10** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-06** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-05-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-05-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04** Placed On Cal For 05/05/2021
- **2021-05-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-05-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22** Re-ref Com On Judiciary 2 `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Ref to the Com on Education - Universities, if favorable, Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e18d798f-d81f-4ea9-9d00-98b5cf351eea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).