---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal Harnett County Fox Hunting Law."
description: "Repeal Harnett County Fox Hunting Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 798"
citation: "North Carolina HB 798 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "COUNTIES", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "HUNTING & FISHING", "LOCAL", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "REP. LUCAS", "HARNETT COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. LEWIS", "REP. SAULS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lewis", "Sauls"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2005-03-17"
last_action: "2005-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32e84ccd-345a-4273-8f58-aeafbe5f3a7c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H798&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3c03a14901c49c9a4a860a9bd993ef95274f72e713610e754ed8058dff1c2341"
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 798 (2005) — Repeal Harnett County Fox Hunting Law.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H798v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H798v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H798v2.pdf)
4. **SL2005-28** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H798v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lewis — primary (person)
- Sauls — primary (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-05-09** Ch. SL 2005-28 `became-law`
- **2005-05-09** Ratified
- **2005-05-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-14** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-14** Rec From House
- **2005-04-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-12** Placed On Cal For 4/13/2005
- **2005-04-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-04-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-21** Ref To Com On Wildlife Resources `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32e84ccd-345a-4273-8f58-aeafbe5f3a7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).