---
type: "Bill"
title: "Outlaw Taking of Sea Oats."
description: "Outlaw Taking of Sea Oats."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 30"
citation: "North Carolina SB 30 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COASTAL RESOURCES", "COUNTIES", "CRIMES", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "LOCAL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. BALLANTINE", "PENDER COUNTY", "CARTERET COUNTY", "PLANTS & TREES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-01"
last_action: "2001-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c19545b-8aad-4418-9946-2d715e7ff311"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S30&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b24ed42ab533d2741222eb2cd2fa24115d8dac9fb58d4207824f8138ee76ea3a"
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 30 (2001) — Outlaw Taking of Sea Oats.

## 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/S30v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S30v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S30v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-93** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S30v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballantine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-05-18** Ch. SL 2001-93 `became-law`
- **2001-05-18** Signed By Gov. 5/18/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-05-14** Pres. To Gov. 5/11/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-05-10** Ratified
- **2001-05-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-08** Placed On Cal For 5/9/2001
- **2001-05-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-20** Rec From Senate
- **2001-03-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-03-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-03-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-05** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c19545b-8aad-4418-9946-2d715e7ff311`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).