---
type: "Bill"
title: "Martin Co. Bear Hunting."
description: "Martin Co. Bear Hunting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 159"
citation: "North Carolina HB 159 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "HUNTING & FISHING", "LOCAL", "RATIFIED", "WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN.", "REP. ROGERS", "MARTIN COUNTY", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rogers", "Warren"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-02-15"
last_action: "2001-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30c013f4-0dc4-4fe3-9c76-dd1406690a3d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H159&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "dcbddac7aa6e255b8d13bfaabc41d45f094cb1d22d4709c07e167183eade96f4"
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 159 (2001) — Martin Co. Bear Hunting.

## 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/H159v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H159v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H159v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-64** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H159v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Rogers — primary (person)
- Warren — primary (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Sexton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-14** Ch. SL 2001-64 `became-law`
- **2001-05-14** Ratified
- **2001-05-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-16** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** Rec From House
- **2001-04-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-11** Placed On Cal For 4/12/2001
- **2001-04-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-19** Ref To Com On Wildlife Resources `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30c013f4-0dc4-4fe3-9c76-dd1406690a3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).