---
type: "Bill"
title: "Swift Creek Reclassification."
description: "Swift Creek Reclassification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 566"
citation: "North Carolina HB 566 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMIN. PROCEDURE OVERSIGHT COMM.", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "COMMISSIONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "LAKES & RIVERS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RULES OBJECTION FILED", "WATER RESOURCES", "REP. GIBSON", "REP. TOLSON", "SWIFT CREEK", "TAR RIVER", "PAMLICO RIVER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gibson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-19"
last_action: "2003-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0f9d604-a26e-4a63-815b-7c0185bed461"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H566&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "78c6f6a08cf4544c846bf553b5af58171a553b5ad7ebb285d4fb42216b13244e"
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 566 (2003) — Swift Creek Reclassification.

## 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/H566v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H566v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H566v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H566v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H566v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H566v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2003-433** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H566v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **88–13** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **43–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gibson — primary (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-19** Ch. SL 2003-433 `became-law`
- **2003-08-19** Signed By Gov. 8/19/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-20** Pres. To Gov. 7/20/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-19** Ratified
- **2003-07-19** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2003
- **2003-07-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-19** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-07-19** Engrossed
- **2003-07-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-07-19** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-07-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-07-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-05** Rec From House
- **2003-05-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-30** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-29** Placed On Cal For 4/30/2003
- **2003-04-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-20** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0f9d604-a26e-4a63-815b-7c0185bed461`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).