---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit Baiting of Bears.-AB"
description: "Prohibit Baiting of Bears.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1246"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1246 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "COMMISSIONS", "CRIMES", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "HUNTING & FISHING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN.", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. JENKINS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-21"
last_action: "2007-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04b7d451-6e9c-4036-8268-45f64cc17107"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1246&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "53ac2475ef001c431b74257bee664a25333a02fdf94b54826dcb6fec91af3876"
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 1246 (2007) — Prohibit Baiting of Bears.-AB

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1246v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1246v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1246v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1246v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1246v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-96** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1246v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-20** Ch. SL 2007-96 `became-law`
- **2007-06-20** Signed By Gov. 6/20/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-18** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-14** Ratified
- **2007-06-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-12** Placed On Cal For 6/13/2007
- **2007-06-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-03** Re-ref Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-16** Ref to the Com on Wildlife Resources and, if favorable, to the Com on Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-11** Engrossed
- **2007-04-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-04-11** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-04-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-26** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04b7d451-6e9c-4036-8268-45f64cc17107`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).