---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electrofishing/Waccamaw and Lumber Rivers."
description: "Electrofishing/Waccamaw and Lumber Rivers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 581"
citation: "North Carolina HB 581 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "COUNTIES", "ELECTRICITY", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "HUNTING & FISHING", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LOCAL", "RATIFIED", "WATER RESOURCES", "REP. HILL", "COLUMBUS COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "LUMBER RIVER", "WACCAMAW RIVER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-19"
last_action: "2003-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6f88a4e-139c-4203-84b9-18c24b1b7a9a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H581&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8e6393144676bd0d9a41850d2b5ae9502567584d1dced03875f62ffde29c3574"
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 581 (2003) — Electrofishing/Waccamaw and Lumber Rivers.

## 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/H581v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H581v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H581v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-21** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H581v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **108–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-04-24** Ch. SL 2003-21 `became-law`
- **2003-04-23** Ratified
- **2003-04-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-17** Placed On Cal For 4/22/2003
- **2003-04-17** Rec From House
- **2003-04-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-09** Placed On Cal For 4/10/2003
- **2003-04-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-20** Ref To Com On Wildlife Resources `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/c6f88a4e-139c-4203-84b9-18c24b1b7a9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).