---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled Hunting/No Importation of Coyotes."
description: "Controlled Hunting/No Importation of Coyotes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 245"
citation: "North Carolina SB 245 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "ENVIRONMENT", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "HUNTING & FISHING", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN.", "SEN. WEINSTEIN", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-26"
last_action: "2003-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1844e94-eed0-4e81-9952-577b64088077"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S245&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "390744557ba63aa428f86ac7cb8ff7d0d01de16d4b40564fbcf99f23849bc65d"
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 SB 245 (2003) — Controlled Hunting/No Importation of Coyotes.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S245v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S245v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S245v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2003-96** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S245v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **104–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Holloman — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-05-30** Ch. SL 2003-96 `became-law`
- **2003-05-30** Signed By Gov. 5/30/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-05-27** Pres. To Gov. 5/22/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-21** Ratified
- **2003-05-20** Concurred In H Amend # 2, # 3 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-15** Placed On Cal For 5/20/2003
- **2003-05-15** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2003-05-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-05-14** Amend Adopted #3 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-14** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-13** Amendment Withdrawn #1 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2003-05-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2003
- **2003-05-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-31** Ref To Com On Wildlife Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Rec From Senate
- **2003-03-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-03-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-02-27** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1844e94-eed0-4e81-9952-577b64088077`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).