---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trophy Wildlife Sale Permit."
description: "Trophy Wildlife Sale Permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 581"
citation: "North Carolina HB 581 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "ANIMALS", "COMMISSIONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "HUNTING & FISHING", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN.", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elmore"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-04"
last_action: "2013-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53e43d20-e989-4161-9ebd-839621b3810e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H581&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ad81aceed580ebe52bec81061ba9df9d42ed3730415970a184a68e031e1a279b"
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 581 (2013) — Trophy Wildlife Sale Permit.

## 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/H581v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H581v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H581v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H581v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-100** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H581v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- SECOND READING — **45–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elmore — primary (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-12** Ch. SL 2013-100 `became-law`
- **2013-06-12** Signed by Gov. 6/12/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-07** Pres. To Gov. 6/7/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-06** Ratified
- **2013-06-05** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-02** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-02** Rec From House
- **2013-05-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-30** Placed On Cal For 05/01/2013
- **2013-04-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-08** Ref To Com On Environment `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53e43d20-e989-4161-9ebd-839621b3810e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).