---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Fisheries Proclamation Process."
description: "Amend Fisheries Proclamation Process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 987"
citation: "North Carolina HB 987 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COASTAL RESOURCES COMN.", "COMMISSIONS", "CONSERVATION", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.", "FISHERIES", "INTERSTATE COOPERATION", "MARINE FISHERIES COMN.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. WAINWRIGHT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-08"
last_action: "2003-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f992121-43ad-4026-9b5a-6fd62a4e62f9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H987&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "63b31e34218d73295f6300026b40561d20856b1f442140eb9ab7625eca11a536"
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 987 (2003) — Amend Fisheries Proclamation Process.

## 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/H987v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H987v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H987v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H987v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H987v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-154** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H987v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-09** Ch. SL 2003-154 `became-law`
- **2003-06-09** Signed By Gov. 6/4/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-02** Pres. To Gov. 5/29/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-28** Ratified
- **2003-05-27** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-26** Placed On Cal For 5/27/2003
- **2003-05-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-22** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-05-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-14** Placed On Cal For 5/20/2003
- **2003-05-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-05-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-05-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-05** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `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`
- **2003-04-29** Placed On Cal For 4/30/2003
- **2003-04-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-09** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f992121-43ad-4026-9b5a-6fd62a4e62f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).