---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rename Outdoor Heritage Advisory Council."
description: "Rename Outdoor Heritage Advisory Council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 22"
citation: "North Carolina SB 22 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "COUNCILS", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "NAME CHANGE", "OUTDOOR HERITAGE ADVISORY COUNCIL", "PARKS & RECREATION AREAS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECREATION & LEISURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Perry"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60a23769-4dfc-40a6-b592-50d2670fdb04"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S22"
source_hash: "dd5e3a1424737a17ba197e66f157bfe8ba7a89564fdde25d19982301b8117978"
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 22 (2023) — Rename Outdoor Heritage Advisory Council.

## 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/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S22v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S22v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S22v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2023-51** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S22v3.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- B. Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Britt — cosponsor (person)
- Craven — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Lazzara — cosponsor (person)
- Woodard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-23** Ch. SL 2023-51 `became-law`
- **2023-06-23** Signed by Gov. 6/23/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-14** Ratified
- **2023-06-13** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-13** Added to Calendar
- **2023-06-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Re-ref to the Com on Wildlife Resources, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-09** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-03-08** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-03-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-02-14** Re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-01-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60a23769-4dfc-40a6-b592-50d2670fdb04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).