---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designate 2023 as Year of the Trail."
description: "Designate 2023 as Year of the Trail."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 554"
citation: "North Carolina HB 554 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CALENDAR", "CHAPTERED", "PARKS & RECREATION AREAS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blackwell", "Hurley", "Strickland"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-13"
last_action: "2021-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65119a1f-c976-4560-a9fc-50c5394b3f6e"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H554"
source_hash: "924b66d25fe2aafdd1032b7a4174aa9fcc66bdce58c2ded5a4e2a14bc3b0e002"
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 554 (2021) — Designate 2023 as Year of the Trail.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H554v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H554v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H554v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2021-109** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H554v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **39–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blackwell — primary (person)
- Hurley — primary (person)
- Strickland — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Bradford — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Clemmons — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dahle — cosponsor (person)
- Farkas — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Greene — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Hurtado — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- K. Baker — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Majeed — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- Penny — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Terry — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Zachary — cosponsor (person)
- von Haefen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-16** Ch. SL 2021-109 `became-law`
- **2021-08-16** Signed by Gov. 8/16/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-12** Pres. To Gov. 8/12/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-11** Ratified
- **2021-08-10** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-08-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-08-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-08-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-30** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-17** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-06** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-06** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-05-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-05-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04** Placed On Cal For 05/05/2021
- **2021-05-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-05-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Ref to the Com on State Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65119a1f-c976-4560-a9fc-50c5394b3f6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).