---
type: "Bill"
title: "Counties/Public Trust Areas."
description: "Counties/Public Trust Areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 346"
citation: "North Carolina HB 346 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PARKS & RECREATION AREAS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "LOCAL ORDINANCES", "STATE PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-24"
last_action: "2015-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d195f23c-b4e9-41f1-882c-40a985a796fd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H346&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "80fceaf83567d2b9727d81d064a3b606c0ad74e4729c2d785991f85bcab22125"
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 346 (2015) — Counties/Public Trust Areas.

## 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H346v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H346v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H346v2.pdf)
4. **SL2015-70** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H346v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-11** Ch. SL 2015-70 `became-law`
- **2015-06-11** Signed by Gov. 6/11/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-04** Pres. To Gov. 6/4/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-06-03** Ratified
- **2015-06-02** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-06-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-02** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2015-06-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-12** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-28** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-27** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-26** Ref To Com On Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d195f23c-b4e9-41f1-882c-40a985a796fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).