---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wildlife Resources Commission Amends."
description: "Wildlife Resources Commission Amends."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 597"
citation: "North Carolina HB 597 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "BEAVER DAMAGE CONTROL BOARD", "BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "DEFINITIONS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "ENVIRONMENT", "FEES", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "HUNTING & FISHING", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "SALES & CONVEYANCES", "TRANSPORTATION", "WATER RESOURCES", "WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN.", "CHAPTERED", "BOATS & WATERCRAFT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Henson", "Wray"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-03"
last_action: "2019-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5d37034-0b45-498d-a43d-51440ffa2708"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H597&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6d6118ceb1ac1430e75b069c18dd41474b0833a5fd99f940918c7cd4e7504f20"
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 597 (2019) — Wildlife Resources Commission Amends.

## 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/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H597v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATQ-74-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/5543/0/H597-ATQ-74-V-1)
3. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/6123/0/H597-A-NBC-6043)
4. **A2: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/6124/0/H597-A-NBC-6044)
5. **A3: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/6127/0/H597-A-NBC-6047)
6. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H597v1.pdf)
7. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H597v2.pdf)
8. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H597v3.pdf)
9. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H597v4.pdf)
10. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H597v5.pdf)
11. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H597v6.pdf)
12. **Edition 7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H597v7.pdf)
13. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H597v8.pdf)
14. **SL 2019-204** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H597v9.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **108–12** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **30–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Henson — primary (person)
- Wray — primary (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Beasley — cosponsor (person)
- Corbin — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Sasser — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)
- Zachary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-27** Ch. SL 2019-204 `became-law`
- **2019-08-27** Signed by Gov. 8/27/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-20** Pres. To Gov. 8/20/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-20** Ratified
- **2019-08-19** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-08-19** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-08-15** Placed On Cal For 08/19/2019
- **2019-08-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-08-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-08-12** Placed On Cal For 08/14/2019
- **2019-08-12** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2019-08-09** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2019-08-09** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-08-07** Engrossed
- **2019-08-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-08-07** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-08-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-08-07** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-08-07** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-08-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-24** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-07-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-23** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-07-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-22** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-07-18** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-07-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-07-11** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-07-11** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-07-10** Ordered Engrossed
- **2019-07-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-10** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-01** Placed On Cal For 07/10/2019
- **2019-07-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Ref to the Com on Wildlife Resources, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5d37034-0b45-498d-a43d-51440ffa2708`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).