---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ocean Isle Beach/Sea Turtle Sanctuary."
description: "Ocean Isle Beach/Sea Turtle Sanctuary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 229"
citation: "North Carolina SB 229 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "CONSERVATION", "COUNTIES", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "BRUNSWICK COUNTY", "OCEAN ISLE BEACH", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-07"
last_action: "2013-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76756b97-1901-4893-8aee-6f6282131bdc"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S229&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5afb74e97787e96cecf5cf5366928abc13ba655d779ea5ec7af54596496b8f13"
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 229 (2013) — Ocean Isle Beach/Sea Turtle Sanctuary.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S229v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S229v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S229v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S229v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-269** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S229v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rabon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-18** Ch. SL 2013-269 `became-law`
- **2013-07-18** Ratified
- **2013-07-17** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-17** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-16** Placed On Cal For 07/17/2013
- **2013-07-16** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-07-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-15** Placed On Cal For 07/16/2013
- **2013-07-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-07-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-07-11** Serial Referral To Environment Stricken
- **2013-03-25** Ref to the Com on Government, if favorable, Environment `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-21** Rec From Senate
- **2013-03-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-03-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-11** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76756b97-1901-4893-8aee-6f6282131bdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).