---
type: "Bill"
title: "Scotland County Hunting."
description: "Scotland County Hunting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 1271"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1271 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "WEAPONS", "SEN. PURCELL", "SEN. PLYLER", "SCOTLAND COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2002-06-05"
last_action: "2002-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f124e923-ecf9-47e8-aaa4-550d7f429477"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S1271&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0bcfbbce5ab1ea7d0d2d30c0a8c3de6d7abbfe3174f0ba428a287e9f998b93b5"
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 SB 1271 (2001) — Scotland County 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/Senate/PDF/S1271v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1271v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1271v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2002-55** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1271v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Plyler — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-05** Ch. SL 2002-55 `became-law`
- **2002-08-01** Ratified
- **2002-07-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-07-30** Placed On Cal For 7/31/2002
- **2002-07-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-07-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-07-16** Ref To Com On Wildlife Resources `referral-committee`
- **2002-07-16** Rec From Senate
- **2002-07-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2002-07-10** Com Amend Adpt & Engross #1
- **2002-07-10** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-06** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `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/f124e923-ecf9-47e8-aaa4-550d7f429477`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).