---
type: "Bill"
title: "Northampton County/WRC Shooting Ranges."
description: "Northampton County/WRC Shooting Ranges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 883"
citation: "North Carolina SB 883 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "COMMISSIONS", "COUNTIES", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RECREATION & LEISURE", "WEAPONS", "WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN.", "COLUMBUS COUNTY", "CHADBOURN", "CHAPTERED", "NORTHAMPTON COUNTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-05-19"
last_action: "2016-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d773b21-1806-480b-a8b0-fe5759e891a2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S883&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "493cf5e5213e80283d7a7cd5c6d0bf5384df2c75899ebd34c7d6f795c6113bcc"
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 883 (2015) — Northampton County/WRC Shooting Ranges.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S883v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S883v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S883v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S883v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S883v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2016-40** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S883v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-27** Ch. SL 2016-40 `became-law`
- **2016-06-27** Ratified
- **2016-06-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-24** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-23** Placed On Cal For 06/24/2016
- **2016-06-23** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2016-06-23** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2016-06-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2016
- **2016-06-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2016-06-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-06-14** Ref To Com On Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-06-13** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2016-06-13** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2016-06-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2016-06-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-05-23** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d773b21-1806-480b-a8b0-fe5759e891a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).