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NC H9

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/29/2025

Primary Sponsor

Keith Kidwell

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Session

AI Summary

  • Preempts local governments from regulating the location and construction of sport shooting ranges, removing the previous September 1, 1997 date limitation

  • Creates a new exception allowing counties to not regulate firearm discharge when used on private property with owner permission and conducted with reasonable care to prevent projectiles from crossing property bounds

  • Extends the same private property exception to cities, permitting firearm discharge within city limits when done with owner permission and reasonable care to contain projectiles

  • Effective immediately upon becoming law and applies retroactively to existing municipal and county ordinances

  • Any local ordinance inconsistent with the act is declared void and unenforceable

Legislative Description

Firearm Discharge/Preempt Local Ordinance

Public

Last Action

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

1/30/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House1/30/2025

Full Bill Text

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