---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Nat. & Hist. Preserve Removals."
description: "State Nat. & Hist. Preserve Removals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1607"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1607 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSERVATION", "COUNTIES", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "CULTURAL RESOURCES DEPT.", "ENVIRONMENT", "HISTORIC SITES & MONUMENTS", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PARKS & RECREATION AREAS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "REP. MINER", "REP. WEISS", "WAKE COUNTY", "SURRY COUNTY", "CARY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weiss"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-19"
last_action: "2004-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fac70887-4ce1-43cf-a4a0-9676421d647b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1607&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4977162e1b42f2618e5eca48cc19d5c3640fa3b2513bcc122ea32d1935dc575d"
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 1607 (2003) — State Nat. & Hist. Preserve Removals.

## Version chain

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

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1607v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1607v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1607v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1607v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2004-25** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1607v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weiss — primary (person)
- Miner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-06-25** Ch. SL 2004-25 `became-law`
- **2004-06-28** Signed By Gov. 6/25/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-06-21** Pres. To Gov. 6/18/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-06-17** Ratified
- **2004-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-06-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-08** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-08** Rec From House
- **2004-06-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-06-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-06-02** Placed On Cal For 6/3/2004
- **2004-06-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-20** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fac70887-4ce1-43cf-a4a0-9676421d647b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).