---
type: "Bill"
title: "Guarantee 2nd Amend Freedom and Protections."
description: "Guarantee 2nd Amend Freedom and Protections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 41"
citation: "North Carolina SB 41 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CONCEALED CARRY", "CONSTITUTION", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RELIGION & RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS", "US", "VETO OVERRIDDEN", "VETOED", "WEAPONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britt", "Daniel"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4c3d584-c75d-4f96-9617-4564dbf20f08"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S41"
source_hash: "96a6d2db43c6c64d7bd83a51ef1b392971916a5b2696881cf2dd1311b3d1de47"
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 41 (2023) — Guarantee 2nd Amend Freedom and Protections.

## 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/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S41v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S41v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S41v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S41v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2023-8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S41v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Britt — primary (person)
- Daniel — primary (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- B. Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
- Galey — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Lazzara — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- P. Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Sawrey — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Settle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-29** Ch. SL 2023-8 `became-law`
- **2023-03-29** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2023-03-28** Placed On Cal For 03/29/2023
- **2023-03-28** Veto Received from Senate
- **2023-03-28** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2023-03-27** Placed On Cal For 03/28/2023
- **2023-03-24** Vetoed 03/24/2023 `executive-veto`
- **2023-03-16** Pres. To Gov. 3/16/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Ratified
- **2023-03-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-03-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** Added to Calendar
- **2023-03-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-03-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 3, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-02-21** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-20** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-02-20** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-02-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Amend Tabled A4
- **2023-02-16** Amend Tabled A3
- **2023-02-16** Amend Tabled A2
- **2023-02-16** Amend Tabled A1
- **2023-02-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-02-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-06** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-01-31** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4c3d584-c75d-4f96-9617-4564dbf20f08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).