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Proposed North Carolina Firearm Legislation S311

Legislation Overview

Title: The Law and Order Act

Subject: Assault: Crimes: Electricity Generation & Distribution: Infrastructure: Personnel: Public: Telecommunications: Utilities: Water & Sewer Systems: Buildings: Commerce: Courts: Criminal Procedure: Death & Dying: Dwi: Explosives: Funeral Services: Hazardous Substances: Motor Vehicles: Retailing: Sentencing: Shipping: Theft: Title Change: Trespassing: Weapons: Homicide: Traffic Offenses: Public Buildings: Monitoring & Surveillance Systems: Protests & Demonstrations: Ignition Interlock Devices: Mail & Package Services: Presented: Ratified

Description: The Law and Order Act

Session: 2025-2026 Session

Last Action: Ch. SL 2025-71

Last Action Date: July 9, 2025

Companion Bill: S322

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

12 sponsors: Danny Britt (R); David Craven (R); Daniel Blue (D); Gale Adcock (D); Lisa Grafstein (D); Bobby Hanig (R); Ralph Hise (R); Timothy Moffitt (R); Mujtaba Mohammed (D); DeAndrea Salvador (D); Norman Sanderson (R); Caleb Theodros (D);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 24% (12 of 50)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
	Jul 9, 2025	Ch. SL 2025-71
	Jul 9, 2025	Signed by Gov. 7/9/2025
	Jun 30, 2025	Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2025
	Jun 30, 2025	Ratified
Senate	Jun 26, 2025	Ordered Enrolled
House	Jun 26, 2025	Conf Report Adopted
Senate	Jun 25, 2025	Placed on Today's Calendar
Senate	Jun 25, 2025	Conf Com Reported
House	Jun 25, 2025	Placed On Cal For 06/26/2025
House	Jun 25, 2025	Withdrawn From Com
House	Jun 25, 2025	Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
House	Jun 25, 2025	Conf Com Reported
Senate	Jun 25, 2025	Conf Report Adopted
House	Jun 24, 2025	Conf Com Appointed
Senate	Jun 23, 2025	Conf Com Appointed
Senate	Jun 23, 2025	Failed Concur In H Com Sub
Senate	Jun 20, 2025	Placed On Cal For 06/23/2025
Senate	Jun 20, 2025	Withdrawn From Com
House	Jun 18, 2025	Passed 2nd Reading
House	Jun 18, 2025	Reptd Fav
House	Jun 18, 2025	Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
House	Jun 18, 2025	Added to Calendar
House	Jun 18, 2025	Passed 3rd Reading
House	Jun 18, 2025	Special Message Sent To Senate
Senate	Jun 18, 2025	Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
Senate	Jun 18, 2025	Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
House	Jun 17, 2025	Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
House	Jun 17, 2025	Reptd Fav Com Substitute
House	Jun 5, 2025	Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
House	Jun 5, 2025	Withdrawn From Com
House	Apr 1, 2025	Passed 1st Reading
House	Apr 1, 2025	Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
House	Mar 31, 2025	Regular Message Received From Senate
Senate	Mar 31, 2025	Regular Message Sent To House
Senate	Mar 27, 2025	Passed 2nd Reading
Senate	Mar 27, 2025	Passed 3rd Reading
Senate	Mar 26, 2025	Reptd Fav
Senate	Mar 25, 2025	Com Substitute Adopted
Senate	Mar 25, 2025	Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Senate	Mar 25, 2025	Reptd Fav Com Substitute
Senate	Mar 18, 2025	Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Senate	Mar 18, 2025	Passed 1st Reading
Senate	Mar 18, 2025	Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
Senate	Mar 18, 2025	Withdrawn From Com
Senate	Mar 17, 2025	Filed

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Chaptered	Jul 9, 2025	state link	bill text
Enrolled	Jun 30, 2025	state link	bill text
Amended	Jun 17, 2025	state link	bill text
Amended	Mar 25, 2025	state link	bill text
Amended	Mar 18, 2025	state link	bill text
Introduced	Mar 17, 2025	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

Description	Vote Date	Yea Votes	Nay Votes	No Votes	Absent	Passed
Second Reading	03/27/2025	46	0	0	3	Yes
Adcock, Gale (D) Yea Alexander, William (R) Yea Applewhite, Valencia (D) Yea Barnes, Lisa (R) Yea Batch, Sydney (D) Yea Berger, Philip (R) Yea Blue, Daniel (D) Yea Bradley, Woodson (D) Yea Brinson, Robert (R) Yea Britt, Danny (R) Yea Burgin, James (R) Yea Chaudhuri, Jay (D) Yea Chitlik, Sophia (D) Yea Corbin, Harold (R) Yea Craven, David (R) Yea Daniel, Warren (R) Yea Everitt, Terence (D) Yea Ford, Carl (R) Yea Galey, Amy (R) Yea Garrett, Michael (D) Yea Grafstein, Lisa (D) Yea Hanig, Robert (R) Yea Hise, Ralph (R) Yea Hollo, Mark (R) Yea Jackson, William (R) Yea Jarvis, Steven (R) Yea Johnson, Matthew (R) Yea Jones, Dana (R) Yea Lazzara, Michael (R) Yea Lee, Michael (R) Yea Lowe, Paul (D) Absent Mayfield, Julie (D) Yea McInnis, Thomas (R) Yea Meyer, Graig (D) Absent Moffitt, Timothy (R) Yea Mohammed, Mujtaba (D) Yea Murdock, Natalie (D) Yea Newton, Eldon (R) Yea Overcash, Bradley (R) Yea Rabon, William (R) Absent Robinson, Gladys (D) Yea Salvador, DeAndrea (D) Yea Sanderson, Norman (R) Yea Sawrey, Benton (R) Yea Sawyer, Vickie (R) Yea Settle, Eddie (R) Yea Smith, Kandie (D) Yea Theodros, Caleb (D) Yea Waddell, Joyce (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Second Reading	06/18/2025	90	20	1	9	Yes
Adams, James (R) Absent Ager, John (D) Yea Almond, Jonathan (R) Yea Alston, Vernetta (D) Yea Arp, Larry (R) Yea Baker, Amber (D) Nay Ball, Cynthia (D) Nay Belk, Mary (D) Nay Bell, John (R) Yea Biggs, Brian (R) Yea Blackwell, Hugh (R) Yea Blust, John (R) Absent Branson, Jerry (R) Yea Brisson, William (D) Yea Brockman, Cecil (D) Nay Brody, Mark (R) Yea Brown, Gloristine (D) Nay Brown, Kanika (D) Yea Brown, Terry (D) Yea Buansi, Allen (D) Yea Budd, Laura (D) Yea Butler, Deb (D) Nay Cairns, Celeste (R) Yea Campbell, Grant (R) Yea Capps Balkcom, Jennifer (R) Yea Carney, Becky (D) Nay Carver, Richard (R) Yea Cervania, Maria (D) Yea Chesser, Gregory (R) Yea Clampitt, James (R) Yea Clark, Tracy (D) Yea Cohn, Bryan (D) Absent Colvin, Mike (D) Yea Cotham, Patricia (D) Yea Crawford, Sarah (D) Yea Cunningham, Carla (D) Yea Dahle, Allison (D) Nay Davis, Robert (R) Yea Dew, Aisha (D) Nay Dixon, James (R) Yea Echevarria, Brian (R) Yea Eddins, Blair (R) Yea Forde-Hawkins, Zack (D) Nay Gable, Wyatt (R) Yea Gillespie, Karl (R) Yea Goodwin, Edward (R) Yea Greene, Edwin (R) Yea Greenfield, Julia (D) Nay Hall, Destin (R) NV Hall, Kyle (R) Yea Harrison, Mary (D) Nay Hastings, Kelly (R) Yea Helfrich, Beth (D) Yea Howard, Julia (R) Yea Humphrey, Thomas (R) Yea Huneycutt, Cody (R) Yea Iler, Francis (R) Yea Jackson, Frances (D) Nay Jackson, Maze (R) Yea Jeffers, Brannon (D) Yea Johnson, Jake (R) Yea Johnson-Hostler, Monika (D) Yea Jones, Abraham (D) Nay Jones, Brenden (R) Yea Kidwell, Keith (R) Yea Lambeth, Donny (R) Yea Liu, Ya (D) Nay Loftis, Donnie (R) Yea Lofton, Brandon (D) Yea Logan, Carolyn (D) Absent Longest, Tim (D) Yea Lopez, Jordan (D) Nay Lowery, Jarrod (R) Absent Majeed, Nasif (D) Yea McNeely, Jeffrey (R) Yea Miller, Charles (R) Yea Morey, Marcia (D) Nay Moss, Ben (R) Yea Pare, Erin (R) Yea Penny, Howard (R) Yea Pickett, Phillip (R) Yea Pierce, Garland (D) Yea Pierce, Rodney (D) Yea Pike, Joseph (R) Yea Pittman, Dante (D) Yea Pless, Steven (R) Yea Potts, Larry (R) Yea Prather, Lindsey (D) Yea Price, Renee (D) Nay Pyrtle, A. Reece (R) Yea Quick, Amos (D) Yea Reeder, Timothy (R) Yea Reives, Robert (D) Yea Rhyne, Heather (R) Yea Riddell, Dennis (R) Yea Roberson, James (D) Yea Ross, Stephen (R) Yea Rubin, Phil (D) Nay Sauls, John (R) Absent Schietzelt, Mike (R) Yea Scott, Paul (R) Yea Setzer, Mitchell (R) Yea Shepard, Phillip (R) Yea Smith, Carson (R) Yea Smith, Charles (D) Absent Stevens, Sarah (R) Yea Strickland, Larry (R) Yea Torbett, John (R) Yea Turner, Brian (D) Absent Tyson, John (R) Yea Ward, William (R) Yea Warren, Harry (R) Yea Watford, Samuel (R) Yea Wheatley, Diane (R) Yea White, Donna (R) Yea Willingham, Shelly (D) Yea Willis, David (R) Absent Winslow, Matthew (R) Yea Zenger, Jeffrey (R) Yea von Haefen, Julie (D) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Motion 9 To Concur	06/23/2025	1	46	0	3	No
Adcock, Gale (D) Nay Alexander, William (R) Nay Applewhite, Valencia (D) Nay Barnes, Lisa (R) Absent Batch, Sydney (D) Nay Berger, Philip (R) Nay Blue, Daniel (D) Nay Bradley, Woodson (D) Nay Brinson, Robert (R) Nay Britt, Danny (R) Nay Burgin, James (R) Nay Chaudhuri, Jay (D) Nay Chitlik, Sophia (D) Nay Corbin, Harold (R) Nay Craven, David (R) Nay Daniel, Warren (R) Nay Everitt, Terence (D) Nay Ford, Carl (R) Nay Galey, Amy (R) Nay Garrett, Michael (D) Nay Grafstein, Lisa (D) Nay Hanig, Robert (R) Yea Hise, Ralph (R) Nay Hollo, Mark (R) Nay Jackson, William (R) Nay Jarvis, Steven (R) Nay Johnson, Matthew (R) Nay Jones, Dana (R) Nay Lazzara, Michael (R) Nay Lee, Michael (R) Nay Lowe, Paul (D) Nay Mayfield, Julie (D) Nay McInnis, Thomas (R) Nay Measmer, Chris (R) Nay Meyer, Graig (D) Nay Moffitt, Timothy (R) Absent Mohammed, Mujtaba (D) Nay Murdock, Natalie (D) Nay Newton, Eldon (R) Nay Overcash, Bradley (R) Nay Rabon, William (R) Nay Robinson, Gladys (D) Nay Salvador, DeAndrea (D) Absent Sanderson, Norman (R) Nay Sawrey, Benton (R) Nay Sawyer, Vickie (R) Nay Settle, Eddie (R) Nay Smith, Kandie (D) Nay Theodros, Caleb (D) Nay Waddell, Joyce (D) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt	06/25/2025	46	0	0	4	Yes
Adcock, Gale (D) Yea Alexander, William (R) Yea Applewhite, Valencia (D) Yea Barnes, Lisa (R) Absent Batch, Sydney (D) Yea Berger, Philip (R) Yea Blue, Daniel (D) Yea Bradley, Woodson (D) Yea Brinson, Robert (R) Yea Britt, Danny (R) Yea Burgin, James (R) Yea Chaudhuri, Jay (D) Yea Chitlik, Sophia (D) Yea Corbin, Harold (R) Yea Craven, David (R) Yea Daniel, Warren (R) Yea Everitt, Terence (D) Yea Ford, Carl (R) Yea Galey, Amy (R) Yea Garrett, Michael (D) Yea Grafstein, Lisa (D) Yea Hanig, Robert (R) Absent Hise, Ralph (R) Yea Hollo, Mark (R) Yea Jackson, William (R) Yea Jarvis, Steven (R) Yea Johnson, Matthew (R) Yea Jones, Dana (R) Yea Lazzara, Michael (R) Yea Lee, Michael (R) Yea Lowe, Paul (D) Yea Mayfield, Julie (D) Yea McInnis, Thomas (R) Yea Measmer, Chris (R) Yea Meyer, Graig (D) Yea Moffitt, Timothy (R) Absent Mohammed, Mujtaba (D) Yea Murdock, Natalie (D) Yea Newton, Eldon (R) Absent Overcash, Bradley (R) Yea Rabon, William (R) Yea Robinson, Gladys (D) Yea Salvador, DeAndrea (D) Yea Sanderson, Norman (R) Yea Sawrey, Benton (R) Yea Sawyer, Vickie (R) Yea Settle, Eddie (R) Yea Smith, Kandie (D) Yea Theodros, Caleb (D) Yea Waddell, Joyce (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
C RPT Adoption	06/26/2025	100	7	3	10	Yes
Adams, James (R) Yea Ager, John (D) Yea Almond, Jonathan (R) Yea Alston, Vernetta (D) Yea Arp, Larry (R) Yea Baker, Amber (D) NV Ball, Cynthia (D) Yea Belk, Mary (D) Yea Bell, John (R) Yea Biggs, Brian (R) Yea Blackwell, Hugh (R) Yea Blust, John (R) Absent Branson, Jerry (R) Yea Brisson, William (D) Yea Brockman, Cecil (D) Yea Brody, Mark (R) Yea Brown, Gloristine (D) Yea Brown, Kanika (D) Yea Brown, Terry (D) Yea Buansi, Allen (D) Yea Budd, Laura (D) Yea Butler, Deb (D) Nay Cairns, Celeste (R) Yea Campbell, Grant (R) Yea Capps Balkcom, Jennifer (R) Yea Carney, Becky (D) Yea Carver, Richard (R) Yea Cervania, Maria (D) Yea Chesser, Gregory (R) Yea Clampitt, James (R) NV Clark, Tracy (D) Yea Cohn, Bryan (D) Yea Colvin, Mike (D) Yea Cotham, Patricia (D) Absent Crawford, Sarah (D) Yea Cunningham, Carla (D) Yea Dahle, Allison (D) Nay Davis, Robert (R) Yea Dew, Aisha (D) Yea Dixon, James (R) Yea Echevarria, Brian (R) Yea Eddins, Blair (R) Yea Forde-Hawkins, Zack (D) Yea Gable, Wyatt (R) Yea Gillespie, Karl (R) Yea Goodwin, Edward (R) Yea Greene, Edwin (R) Yea Greenfield, Julia (D) Yea Hall, Destin (R) Yea Hall, Kyle (R) Yea Harrison, Mary (D) Nay Hastings, Kelly (R) Yea Helfrich, Beth (D) Yea Howard, Julia (R) Yea Humphrey, Thomas (R) Yea Huneycutt, Cody (R) Yea Iler, Francis (R) Yea Jackson, Frances (D) Yea Jackson, Maze (R) Absent Jeffers, Brannon (D) Yea Johnson, Jake (R) Yea Johnson-Hostler, Monika (D) NV Jones, Abraham (D) Yea Jones, Brenden (R) Absent Kidwell, Keith (R) Yea Lambeth, Donny (R) Yea Liu, Ya (D) Yea Loftis, Donnie (R) Absent Lofton, Brandon (D) Yea Logan, Carolyn (D) Yea Longest, Tim (D) Yea Lopez, Jordan (D) Nay Lowery, Jarrod (R) Yea Majeed, Nasif (D) Yea McNeely, Jeffrey (R) Yea Miller, Charles (R) Yea Morey, Marcia (D) Nay Moss, Ben (R) Yea Pare, Erin (R) Yea Penny, Howard (R) Absent Pickett, Phillip (R) Yea Pierce, Garland (D) Yea Pierce, Rodney (D) Yea Pike, Joseph (R) Yea Pittman, Dante (D) Yea Pless, Steven (R) Absent Potts, Larry (R) Yea Prather, Lindsey (D) Yea Price, Renee (D) Yea Pyrtle, A. Reece (R) Yea Quick, Amos (D) Nay Reeder, Timothy (R) Yea Reives, Robert (D) Yea Rhyne, Heather (R) Yea Riddell, Dennis (R) Yea Roberson, James (D) Yea Ross, Stephen (R) Yea Rubin, Phil (D) Nay Sauls, John (R) Absent Schietzelt, Mike (R) Yea Scott, Paul (R) Yea Setzer, Mitchell (R) Yea Shepard, Phillip (R) Yea Smith, Carson (R) Yea Smith, Charles (D) Yea Stevens, Sarah (R) Yea Strickland, Larry (R) Yea Torbett, John (R) Yea Turner, Brian (D) Yea Tyson, John (R) Absent Ward, William (R) Yea Warren, Harry (R) Yea Watford, Samuel (R) Absent Wheatley, Diane (R) Yea White, Donna (R) Yea Willingham, Shelly (D) Yea Willis, David (R) Yea Winslow, Matthew (R) Yea Zenger, Jeffrey (R) Yea von Haefen, Julie (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page