---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pemb. Creek No-Wake Zone/Gates Tax Cert. Req."
description: "Pemb. Creek No-Wake Zone/Gates Tax Cert. Req."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 655"
citation: "North Carolina HB 655 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOATING", "COUNTIES", "DEEDS", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "RECORDATION OF INSTRUMENTS", "SPEED LIMIT", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "TRANSPORTATION", "WATER RESOURCES", "REP. CULPEPPER", "RECORDS", "GATES COUNTY", "CHOWAN COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-24"
last_action: "2003-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e0a9c2e-fcb8-4158-b717-9dd4896564c6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H655&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "42e0b17b184d2cf6796e0e7513edad1fdbf31febbd7bbf09790d0e681344e7a4"
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 655 (2003) — Pemb. Creek No-Wake Zone/Gates Tax Cert. Req.

## 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/H655v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H655v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H655v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H655v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H655v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-189** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H655v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Culpepper — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-18** Ch. SL 2003-189 `became-law`
- **2003-06-12** Ratified
- **2003-06-11** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-10** Placed On Cal For 6/11/2003
- **2003-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-10** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-06-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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 Com Substitute `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/3e0a9c2e-fcb8-4158-b717-9dd4896564c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).