---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authority to Remove Abandoned Vessels."
description: "Authority to Remove Abandoned Vessels."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 294"
citation: "North Carolina HB 294 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION", "DARE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "BOATS & WATERCRAFT", "ABANDONED PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-13"
last_action: "2013-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4a1f3a5-908b-40a1-8a26-209594caf6ff"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H294&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c51739b60efa1caaebd82cfbd4e3bd1ee2767c5751cc68ce763eca554f9117f1"
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 294 (2013) — Authority to Remove Abandoned Vessels.

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H294v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H294v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H294v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H294v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H294v4.pdf)
6. **SL2013-182** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H294v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Jeter — cosponsor (person)
- Tine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-26** Ch. SL 2013-182 `became-law`
- **2013-06-26** Ratified
- **2013-06-25** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-25** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-24** Placed On Cal For 06/25/2013
- **2013-06-24** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-06-20** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-06-20** Rec From Senate
- **2013-06-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-06-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-03** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-03** Rec From House
- **2013-04-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-28** Placed On Cal For 04/02/2013
- **2013-03-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-03-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-14** Ref To Com On Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4a1f3a5-908b-40a1-8a26-209594caf6ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).