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--- version:Edition 1+++ version:Filed@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINASESSION 2025-H 1-HOUSE BILL 439+H D+HOUSE BILL DRH30178-ML-35Short Title: Allow Concealed Carry of Knife. (Public)-Sponsors: Representatives Kidwell, Ward, and Pike (Primary Sponsors).-For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.-Referred to: Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House-March 20, 2025-*H439-v-1*+Sponsors: Representative Kidwell.+Referred to:++*DRH30178-ML-35*A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-AN ACT TO ALLOW THE CONCEALED CARRY OF BLADED WEAPONS IF CER TAIN 2+AN ACT TO ALLOW THE CONCEALED CARRY OF BLADED WEAPONS IF CERTAIN 2REQUIREMENTS ARE MET. 3The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4SECTION 1. G.S. 14-269 reads as rewritten: 5@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@… 7(d) This section does not apply to an ordinary pocket knife carried in a closed position. 8As used in this section, "ordinary pocket knife" means a small knife, designed for carrying in a 9-pocket or purse, that has its cutting edge and point entirely enclosed by its handle, and that may 10+pocket or purse, that has its cutting edge and point entirely enclosed by its handle, and that may 10not be opened by a throwing, explosive, or spring action. folding knife having a blade not more 11than 6 inches in length. 12(e) This section does not apply if (i) the weapon is a knife, (ii) the person carrying the 13@@ -36,3 +35,6 @@not including an ordinary pocket knife." 25SECTION 2. This act becomes effective December 1, 2025, and applies to offenses 26committed on or after that date. 27+H.B. 439+Mar 18, 2025+HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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