republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2023/hb-544.md

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Bill	Limited Shark Fishing Tournament Moratorium.	Limited Shark Fishing Tournament Moratorium.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2023	HB 544	North Carolina HB 544 (2023)	bill	ANIMALS BALD HEAD ISLAND BRUNSWICK COUNTY CAROLINA BEACH CASWELL BEACH CHAPTERED COASTAL RESOURCES COMMISSIONS COUNTIES ENVIRONMENT FISH & WILDLIFE FISHERIES HOLDEN BEACH INTERSTATE COOPERATION KURE BEACH MARINE FISHERIES COMN. MORATORIUMS MUNICIPALITIES NEW HANOVER COUNTY OAK ISLAND PRESENTED PUBLIC RATIFIED SPORTS	enacted		5	26	0	2023-03-30	2023-06-02	openstates	ocd-bill/f70e8c52-29b7-45e7-bf7c-a896be40dce2	https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H544	e0373c22ebbeda35592016ec30d58aeb7fd45c4b8f64fbc1dbb4d5f61087fc21	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina HB 544 (2023) — Limited Shark Fishing Tournament Moratorium.

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Edition 2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
5. SL 2023-26 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Harrison — cosponsor (person)
• Miller — cosponsor (person)
• T. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• White — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-02 Ch. SL 2023-26 became-law
• 2023-06-02 Signed by Gov. 6/2/2023 executive-signature
• 2023-05-30 Pres. To Gov. 5/30/2023 executive-receipt
• 2023-05-26 Ratified
• 2023-05-25 Ordered Enrolled
• 2023-05-25 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-25 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2023-05-24 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-23 Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2023-05-23 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 Withdrawn From Com
• 2023-05-01 Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2023-05-01 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2023-05-01 Regular Message Received From House
• 2023-04-28 Regular Message Sent To Senate
• 2023-04-27 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-27 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2023-04-27 Added to Calendar
• 2023-04-27 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2023-04-27 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-26 Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House referral-committee
• 2023-04-26 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-03 Ref to the Com on Marine Resources and Aquaculture, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House referral-committee
• 2023-04-03 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2023-03-30 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f70e8c52-29b7-45e7-bf7c-a896be40dce2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).