---
type: "Bill"
title: "Perquimans Hunting Stand Amendment."
description: "Perquimans Hunting Stand Amendment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1659"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1659 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "COUNTIES", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "HUNTING & FISHING", "LOCAL", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "REP. CULPEPPER", "PERQUIMANS COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-24"
last_action: "2004-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02f8155a-59fc-4879-ad79-b8d156d25887"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1659&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2d0f0bd8f2286a00cea3ff0946a19e51da22b91d6f0926ecf89e92a3abefb98c"
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 1659 (2003) — Perquimans Hunting Stand Amendment.

## 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/H1659v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1659v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1659v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2004-62** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1659v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Culpepper — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-07** Ch. SL 2004-62 `became-law`
- **2004-07-07** Ratified
- **2004-07-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/6/2004
- **2004-07-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2004-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-23** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-23** Rec From House
- **2004-06-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/22/2004
- **2004-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-25** Ref To Com On Wildlife Resources `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02f8155a-59fc-4879-ad79-b8d156d25887`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).