---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Authority/Regulation of Cervids."
description: "Clarify Authority/Regulation of Cervids."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 948"
citation: "North Carolina HB 948 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "COMMISSIONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN.", "CHAPTERED", "REP. A. WILLIAMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-07"
last_action: "2003-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f2a59c1-34b1-40ac-98f0-368847e1a75f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H948&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7572152a36036dea86804e525ef7fa3146dc9a5aa17c9ae8e1da4e864dd78fc1"
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 948 (2003) — Clarify Authority/Regulation of Cervids.

## 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/H948v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H948v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H948v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H948v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H948v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-344** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H948v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- B. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Church — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Culpepper — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Decker — cosponsor (person)
- Dickson — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- G. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Haire — cosponsor (person)
- Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- K. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- L. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- LaRoque — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Nye — cosponsor (person)
- Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Sauls — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Yongue — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-27** Ch. SL 2003-344 `became-law`
- **2003-07-27** Signed By Gov. 7/27/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-14** Pres. To Gov. 7/11/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-10** Ratified
- **2003-07-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-07-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2003
- **2003-06-30** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-26** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2003
- **2003-06-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-16** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-16** Rec From House
- **2003-06-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-10** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/10/2003
- **2003-06-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-21** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-08** Ref To Com On Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f2a59c1-34b1-40ac-98f0-368847e1a75f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).