---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retrieval of Big Game."
description: "Retrieval of Big Game."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 29"
citation: "North Carolina HB 29 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "HUNTING & FISHING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. T. MOORE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-02"
last_action: "2011-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/402f3316-704d-413f-91e1-cef7584d0575"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H29&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5999630eff7574d25fee037bf592fd906d1d242f2cca02c5e4534714844f0fca"
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 29 (2011) — Retrieval of Big Game.

## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H29v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATJ-2-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/54/0/H29-ATJ-2-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H29v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H29v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H29v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H29v4.pdf)
7. **SL2011-22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H29v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- H. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Ingle — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- T. Moore — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-03-31** Ch. SL 2011-22 `became-law`
- **2011-03-31** Signed By Gov. 3/31/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-03-28** Pres. To Gov. 3/25/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-03-24** Ratified
- **2011-03-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-28** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-25** Rec From House
- **2011-02-24** Ordered Engrossed
- **2011-02-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-02-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-02-23** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-02-22** Placed On Cal For 2/23/2011
- **2011-02-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-02-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-03** Ref To Com On Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/402f3316-704d-413f-91e1-cef7584d0575`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).