RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) the North Carolina House has overridden Governor Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 41.

It comes after North Carolina’s Republican-controlled Senate voted Tuesday to override the Democratic governor’s first veto of the session on legislation to loosen gun restrictions, teeing up the House’s first test of party unity under new operating rules.

The bill revives a set of gun access measures which would eliminate the requirement that buyers of handguns obtain an authorization from the county sheriff.

Representative Jon Hardister confirmed the override via tweet and declared that it will be the “first veto override since 2018.”

The vote was carried out without debate.

Senate Bill 41 concerns the requirement for a permit order to purchase a pistol.

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