---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Parks System Additions."
description: "State Parks System Additions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 2496"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2496 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "PARKS & RECREATION AREAS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. GIBSON", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ALLEN", "REP. HARRISON", "REP. TARLETON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Gibson", "Tarleton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-21"
last_action: "2008-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7196dcf0-4639-47bd-b368-25c43b4c68d8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H2496&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2d067c3c7610c096a98a171bc14ffb27a765baebdda9fb9e32124c58069042c6"
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 2496 (2007) — State Parks System Additions.

## 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2496v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2496v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2496v2.pdf)
4. **SL2008-155** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2496v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Gibson — primary (person)
- Tarleton — primary (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-08-03** Ch. SL 2008-155 `became-law`
- **2008-08-03** Signed By Gov. 8/3/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-14** Pres. To Gov. 7/14/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-14** Ratified
- **2008-07-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-08** Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-08** Rec From House
- **2008-07-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-03** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2008
- **2008-07-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-03** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2008-06-11** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-26** Ref to the Com on Environment and Natural Resources, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7196dcf0-4639-47bd-b368-25c43b4c68d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).