---
type: "Bill"
title: "Outdoor Heritage Act."
description: "Outdoor Heritage Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 640"
citation: "North Carolina HB 640 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "ANIMALS", "APPOINTMENTS", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COUNCILS", "CRIMES", "DOMESTIC ANIMALS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "HUNTING & FISHING", "LANDOWNERS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMN.", "MEMBERSHIP", "PARKS & RECREATION AREAS", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RECREATION & LEISURE", "SPEAKER", "STUDIES", "TRESPASSING", "WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN.", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED", "AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER", "STATE PROPERTY", "BLUE LAWS", "CAMERAS", "OUTDOOR HERITAGE ADVISORY COUNCIL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dixon", "Lucas", "Malone"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-13"
last_action: "2015-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fb00987-3f0d-4a51-a2d3-ae5ef9525c29"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H640&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6e21e4615dec595acd12fead625f28be577ea727541c1d5a26c075de802e750e"
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 640 (2015) — Outdoor Heritage 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H640v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATQ-35-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/5045/0/H640-ATQ-35-V-1)
3. **A4: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/4460/0/H640-A-NBC-877)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H640v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H640v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H640v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H640v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H640v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H640v6.pdf)
10. **SL2015-144** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H640v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **33–15** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **88–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dixon — primary (person)
- Lucas — primary (person)
- Malone — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- B. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Brody — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Fraley — cosponsor (person)
- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Hager — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hardister — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- Presnell — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-07-08** Ch. SL 2015-144 `became-law`
- **2015-07-08** Signed by Gov. 7/8/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-06-29** Ratified
- **2015-06-25** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-06-24** Conf Report Adopted
- **2015-06-23** Placed On Cal For 06/24/2015
- **2015-06-23** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-06-18** Conf Report Adopted
- **2015-06-17** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2015
- **2015-06-17** Conf Com Reported
- **2015-06-17** Placed On Cal For 06/18/2015
- **2015-06-17** Conf Com Reported
- **2015-06-08** Conf Com Appointed
- **2015-06-02** Conf Com Appointed
- **2015-06-02** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2015-06-02** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-06-02** Added to Calendar
- **2015-06-01** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-06-01** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-05-28** Engrossed
- **2015-05-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-05-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-28** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2015-05-28** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-05-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-26** Re-ref Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-30** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-29** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-29** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-28** Ordered Engrossed
- **2015-04-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-28** Amend Adopted A4 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-28** Amend Failed A3 `amendment-failure`
- **2015-04-28** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2015-04-28** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2015-04-28** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-21** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-04-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-14** Ref To Com On Wildlife Resources `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fb00987-3f0d-4a51-a2d3-ae5ef9525c29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).