---
type: "Bill"
title: "Outdoor Heritage Enhanced."
description: "Outdoor Heritage Enhanced."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 559"
citation: "North Carolina HB 559 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "ANIMALS", "COMMISSIONS", "ELECTIONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "HUNTING & FISHING", "LANDOWNERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "SESSION LAWS", "STUDIES", "WEAPONS", "WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN.", "CHAPTERED", "LOCAL ORDINANCES", "BLUE LAWS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Millis"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-04"
last_action: "2017-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff702bc2-b82c-4e6e-84f2-f58b5c1f564f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H559&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6e3d0cfda6ef18f252a60be4889f8559e7a724f5269891b09be23ae5b1c85f74"
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 559 (2017) — Outdoor Heritage Enhanced.

## 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/H559v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H559v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H559v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H559v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H559v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H559v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H559v6.pdf)
8. **SL 2017-182** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H559v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8 To Adopt Conference Report — **31–11** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **80–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Millis — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Boswell — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-25** Ch. SL 2017-182 `became-law`
- **2017-07-25** Signed by Gov. 7/25/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-30** Ratified
- **2017-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-29** Conf Report Adopted
- **2017-06-29** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-06-29** Conf Report Adopted
- **2017-06-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-28** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-28** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2017-06-27** Placed On Cal For 06/28/2017
- **2017-06-27** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2017-06-27** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2017-06-27** Special Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-20** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-19** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-15** Placed On Cal For 06/19/2017
- **2017-06-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-06** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-01** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-26** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-26** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-24** Placed On Cal For 04/25/2017
- **2017-04-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Ref To Com On Wildlife Resources `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff702bc2-b82c-4e6e-84f2-f58b5c1f564f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).