---
type: "Bill"
title: "Currituck Game Commission."
description: "Currituck Game Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 646"
citation: "North Carolina HB 646 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "APPOINTMENTS", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEMBERSHIP", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "REP. OWENS", "CURRITUCK COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2003-03-24"
last_action: "2003-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb1b6154-c3f2-4a5c-9a00-e64c775bd1dd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H646&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c57ec8edbebdaf9abdc26b91942c6a5c68f10513db67f580810a0ab855ddcdfc"
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 646 (2003) — Currituck Game Commission.

## 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/H646v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H646v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H646v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-16** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H646v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Owens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-04-22** Ch. SL 2003-16 `became-law`
- **2003-04-21** Ratified
- **2003-04-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-14** Ref To Com On State Government, Local Government, and Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-14** Rec From House
- **2003-04-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **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`
- **2003-03-25** Ref To Com On Wildlife Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb1b6154-c3f2-4a5c-9a00-e64c775bd1dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).