---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorize State Park System Expansion.-AB"
description: "Authorize State Park System Expansion.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 353"
citation: "North Carolina HB 353 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSERVATION", "COUNTIES", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "NATURAL & CULTURAL RESOURCES DEPT.", "ENVIRONMENT", "LAKES & RIVERS", "PARKS & RECREATION AREAS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "BLADEN COUNTY", "PENDER COUNTY", "ROBESON COUNTY", "SAMPSON COUNTY", "BERTIE COUNTY", "MCDOWELL COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "PROPERTY-STATE GOVERNMENT", "BLACK RIVER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brenden Jones", "Brisson", "Dobson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-14"
last_action: "2017-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/587f5bac-d0db-4b31-af10-3f349ee79e09"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H353&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c5d5290401062e2ad2686a11cce29c5ebc2fb7f66ad6d68c2b8ebcfeb3127c4c"
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 353 (2017) — Authorize State Park System Expansion.-AB

## 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/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H353v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H353v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H353v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H353v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H353v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2017-177** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H353v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **107–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brenden Jones — primary (person)
- Brisson — primary (person)
- Dobson — primary (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- C. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- L. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-25** Ch. SL 2017-177 `became-law`
- **2017-07-25** Signed by Gov. 7/25/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29** Ratified
- **2017-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-29** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-28** Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017
- **2017-06-28** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-28** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-06-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-21** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-20** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-10** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-05** Placed On Cal For 04/06/2017
- **2017-04-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-05** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Ref to the Com on State and Local Government II, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/587f5bac-d0db-4b31-af10-3f349ee79e09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).