---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural Areas Added to State Parks System."
description: "Natural Areas Added to State Parks System."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 1545"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1545 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DENR", "PARKS & RECREATION AREAS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. BAKER", "REP. GIBSON", "WATAUGA COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "ELK KNOB", "BEECH CREEK BOG"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2002-06-05"
last_action: "2002-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ed5022e-2dc3-4008-bf49-26e225c805f0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H1545&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "24fc6d2f44a82591bee7b04c16e9a45ffd1c088a4dd24b6cf0eab47c351f622f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina HB 1545 (2001) — Natural Areas Added to State Parks System.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1545v1.pdf)
2. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1545v2.pdf)
3. **SL 2002-89** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H1545v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **105–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2002-08-22** Ch. SL 2002-89 `became-law`
- **2002-08-22** Signed By Gov. 8/22/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-16** Pres. To Gov. 8/16/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-08-15** Ratified
- **2002-08-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-08-13** Placed On Cal For 8/14/2002
- **2002-08-13** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2002-07-10** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2002-07-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-07-01** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-01** Rec From House
- **2002-06-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-06-26** Postponed To 6/27/2002
- **2002-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2002
- **2002-06-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-06** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ed5022e-2dc3-4008-bf49-26e225c805f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).