---
type: "Bill"
title: "Omnibus Wildlife Resources Commission Act."
description: "Omnibus Wildlife Resources Commission Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 296"
citation: "North Carolina HB 296 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "DISABLED PERSONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "FEES", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "HUNTING & FISHING", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN.", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Bell", "Moffitt", "S. Martin"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-13"
last_action: "2013-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e45db062-95f3-4437-a539-1f97cc3524f2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H296&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5f5acaa8204304b087b9c3ec929cf5e523cf0c4dfb8f604675663641168e3c1d"
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 296 (2013) — Omnibus Wildlife Resources Commission Act.

## 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/H296v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATD-87-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/6605/0/H296-ATD-87-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H296v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H296v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H296v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H296v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H296v5.pdf)
8. **SL2013-283** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H296v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–3** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **106–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Bell — primary (person)
- Moffitt — primary (person)
- S. Martin — primary (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Jeter — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-18** Ch. SL 2013-283 `became-law`
- **2013-07-18** Signed by Gov. 7/18/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-15** Pres. To Gov. 7/12/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-11** Ratified
- **2013-07-10** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-10** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-09** Placed On Cal For 07/10/2013
- **2013-07-09** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-07-09** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-07-09** Rec From Senate
- **2013-07-09** Withdrawn From Senate Clerk's Office
- **2013-07-03** Held in Senate Clerk's Office
- **2013-07-03** Engrossed
- **2013-07-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-02** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-01** Placed On Cal For 07/02/2013
- **2013-07-01** Withdrawn From Senate Clerk's Office
- **2013-06-27** Held in Senate Clerk's Office
- **2013-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-24** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-04-09** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-09** Rec From House
- **2013-04-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-04** Placed On Cal For 04/08/2013
- **2013-04-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-14** Ref To Com On Environment `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/e45db062-95f3-4437-a539-1f97cc3524f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).