---
type: "Bill"
title: "Opossum Exclusion From Wildlife Laws."
description: "Opossum Exclusion From Wildlife Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 574"
citation: "North Carolina HB 574 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "CALENDAR", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "HOLIDAYS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hager", "McElraft", "West"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-02"
last_action: "2015-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b18d243c-e07d-4b1d-a6fe-8497838d0ea2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H574&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e463df62815d17b4c0571bae9899f74c5f65163d0751d87232e1611c3142702a"
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 574 (2015) — Opossum Exclusion From Wildlife Laws.

## 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/H574v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H574v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H574v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H574v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-73** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H574v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **38–9** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **92–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hager — primary (person)
- McElraft — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-11** Ch. SL 2015-73 `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** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-02** Added to Calendar
- **2015-06-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-05-26** Ref To Com On Wildlife Resources `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-22** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-05-22** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-05-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-05-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-05-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-05** Re-ref Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-16** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-16** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-16** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-15** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-06** Ref To Com On Wildlife Resources `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b18d243c-e07d-4b1d-a6fe-8497838d0ea2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).