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H964 • 2025

CCW Permit/Allow Carry of Other Weapons.

CCW Permit/Allow Carry of Other Weapons.

Firearms
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Echevarria, Pike, Moss, Kidwell
Last action
2025-04-14
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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CCW Permit/Allow Carry of Other Weapons.

CCW Permit/Allow Carry of Other Weapons.

What This Bill Does

  • CCW Permit/Allow Carry of Other Weapons.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-14 House

    Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  2. 2025-04-14 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-04-10 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

CCW Permit/Allow Carry of Other Weapons.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 964

Short Title: CCW Permit/Allow Carry of Other Weapons. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Echevarria, Pike, and Moss (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
April 14, 2025
*H964-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO ALLOW THE CONCEALED CARRY OF A WEAPON OTHER THAN A 2
HANDGUN IF THE PERSON HAS A CONCEALED HANDGUN PERMIT ISSUED OR 3
CONSIDERED VALID UND ER STATE LAW OR IS O THERWISE EXEMPTED BY 4
LAW FROM OBTAINING A CONCEALED HANDGUN PERMIT. 5
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 6
SECTION 1. G.S. 14-269(a) reads as rewritten: 7
"(a) It shall be unlawful for any person willfully and intentionally to carry concealed about 8
his or her person any bowie knife, dirk, dagger, slung shot, loaded cane, metallic knuckles, razor, 9
shuriken, stun gun, or other deadly weapon of like kind, except when the person is on the person's 10
own premises.in any of the following circumstances: 11
(1) The person is on the person's own premises. 12
(2) The person has a concealed handgun permit issued in accordance with Article 13
54B of this Chapter, has a permit considered valid under G.S. 14-415.24, or is 14
exempted by law from obtaining a permit issued in accordance with Article 15
54B of this Chapter, and the person is not carrying the weapon when or where 16
carrying a concealed handgun is prohibited by law. 17
(3) The person is a military permittee, as defined under G.S. 14-415.10(2a), who 18
provides to the law enforcement officer proof of deployment , as required 19
under G.S. 14-415.11(a), and the person is not carrying the weapo n when or 20
where carrying a concealed handgun is prohibited by law." 21
SECTION 2. G.S. 14-415.11 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 22
"(c4) Any person who has a concealed handgun permit may carry concealed any weapon 23
described in G.S. 14-269(a), provided that the person is not carrying the weapon when or where 24
carrying a concealed handgun is prohibited by law." 25
SECTION 3. Prosecutions for offenses committed before the effective date of this 26
act are not abated or affected by this act, and the statutes that would be applicable but for this act 27
remain applicable to those prosecutions. 28
SECTION 4. This act becomes effective December 1, 2025, and applies to offenses 29
committed on or after that date. 30