---
type: "Bill"
title: "Chowan Fox Seasons."
description: "Chowan Fox Seasons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 261"
citation: "North Carolina SB 261 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "HUNTING & FISHING", "LOCAL", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN.", "CHOWAN COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. PATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2011-03-08"
last_action: "2011-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b63ec6df-a8f2-401d-a78e-904955122cc6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S261&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0e8725cc57dfe6d795f73133d8306c91af57f03e30266eab9743ea8c3789e758"
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 261 (2011) — Chowan Fox Seasons.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S261v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S261v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S261v2.pdf)
4. **SL2011-40** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S261v3.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Jones — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-04-18** Ch. SL 2011-40 `became-law`
- **2011-04-18** Ratified
- **2011-04-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-04-14** Placed On Cal For 4/14/2011
- **2011-04-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-21** Ref To Com On Government `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-09** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b63ec6df-a8f2-401d-a78e-904955122cc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).