---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protect Certain Reptiles and Amphibians."
description: "Protect Certain Reptiles and Amphibians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 825"
citation: "North Carolina SB 825 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "ANIMALS", "BLANK BILL", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "CONSERVATION", "CRIMES", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "HUNTING & FISHING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN.", "SEN. ALBERTSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-02"
last_action: "2003-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4e87547-117f-482c-90b1-c21a1136f412"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S825&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "dbe68fb3e162159982af898b402af25cfb4c5bc2d65b177d32baf2150512e97d"
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 825 (2003) — Protect Certain Reptiles and Amphibians.

## 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/S825v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S825v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S825v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S825v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S825v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S825v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2003-100** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S825v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-05-31** Ch. SL 2003-100 `became-law`
- **2003-05-31** Signed By Gov. 5/31/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-05-27** Pres. To Gov. 5/22/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-21** Ratified
- **2003-05-20** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-15** Placed On Cal For 5/20/2003
- **2003-05-15** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2003
- **2003-05-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-24** Ref To Com On Wildlife Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-22** Engrossed
- **2003-04-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-22** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-22** Placed On Cal For 4/22/2003
- **2003-04-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-03** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4e87547-117f-482c-90b1-c21a1136f412`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).