---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolution to Allow SAV Oyster Leasing."
description: "Resolution to Allow SAV Oyster Leasing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SJR 205"
citation: "North Carolina SJR 205 (2017)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["AQUACULTURE", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COUNTIES", "FISHERIES", "FISHERIES PRODUCTS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "NEW HANOVER COUNTY", "WILMINGTON", "CHAPTERED", "MEMORIALIZING RESOLUTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-07"
last_action: "2017-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a96890b9-bb3a-4d6f-a1b3-e4b98e11aab4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S205&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1b3a9dad9cd3ec1c8bcf41daae3c87009307c302385cd376b212197140e5d4b9"
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 SJR 205 (2017) — Resolution to Allow SAV Oyster Leasing.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S205v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S205v1.pdf)
3. **Resolution 2017-10** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S205v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-27** Ch. Res 2017-10 `became-law`
- **2017-06-27** Ratified
- **2017-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2017
- **2017-06-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-13** Re-ref Com On Environment `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-26** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-25** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-04-25** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-04-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-20** Placed On Cal For 04/24/2017
- **2017-04-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-08** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a96890b9-bb3a-4d6f-a1b3-e4b98e11aab4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).