---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt Carolina Lily as State Wildflower."
description: "Adopt Carolina Lily as State Wildflower."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 47"
citation: "North Carolina HB 47 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HORTICULTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE SYMBOLS", "REP. BAKER", "PLANTS & TREES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2003-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2f77961-a02e-4616-86e1-cc3075153743"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H47&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d13e91d366fed15e043c85d5ec9b176c864e05e140dc98f9e15d3892257e024c"
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 47 (2003) — Adopt Carolina Lily as State Wildflower.

## 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/H47v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H47v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H47v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H47v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-426** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H47v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–7** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-19** Ch. SL 2003-426 `became-law`
- **2003-08-19** Signed By Gov. 8/19/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-14** Pres. To Gov. 7/11/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-10** Ratified
- **2003-07-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-02** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** Rec From House
- **2003-04-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-03-31** Placed On Cal For 4/1/2003
- **2003-03-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-03-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-02-20** Ref To Com On State Government `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2f77961-a02e-4616-86e1-cc3075153743`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).