---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wilkes Fox Trapping."
description: "Wilkes Fox Trapping."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 65"
citation: "North Carolina HB 65 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "HUNTING & FISHING", "LOCAL", "RATIFIED", "WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN.", "NEW HANOVER COUNTY", "CHEROKEE COUNTY", "WILKES COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elmore", "Stevens"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-10"
last_action: "2015-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7b1efde-187e-4d86-98d7-2a89b4598219"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H65&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e676ca8f43f7f19c6acd5003fd7317a9e988631921c556ff78994291f8bd48a2"
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 65 (2015) — Wilkes Fox Trapping.

## 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/H65v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H65v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H65v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H65v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-13** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H65v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **107–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elmore — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Zachary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-05-14** Ch. SL 2015-13 `became-law`
- **2015-05-14** Ratified
- **2015-05-13** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-05-13** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-13** Added to Calendar
- **2015-05-13** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-05-12** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-05-12** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-05-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-05-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-05-06** 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
- **2015-02-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-02-24** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-02-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-02-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-02-19** Placed On Cal For 02/24/2015
- **2015-02-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-02-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-11** Ref To Com On Wildlife Resources `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7b1efde-187e-4d86-98d7-2a89b4598219`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).