republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2023/hb-168.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Agency Bill."
description: "Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Agency Bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 168"
citation: "North Carolina HB 168 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "APPOINTMENTS", "AQUARIUMS", "ARCHAEOLOGY", "ART SOCIETY", "ARTS", "ASHE COUNTY", "BOARDS", "BURKE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "CLEAN WATER TRUST FUND", "COLUMBUS COUNTY", "COMMISSIONS", "COMMITTEES", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "CRAVEN COUNTY", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "CUMBERLAND COUNTY", "DARE COUNTY", "DURHAM COUNTY", "EXECUTIVE MANSION COMM.", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "FORSYTH COUNTY", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GOVERNOR", "HISTORIC SITES & MONUMENTS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MCDOWELL COUNTY", "MEMBERSHIP", "MINORITIES", "MUSEUM OF ART", "MUSEUM OF ART BOARD", "MUSEUMS", "NATURAL & CULTURAL RESOURCES DEPT.", "NEW BERN", "ORANGE COUNTY", "PARKS & RECREATION AREAS", "PHOTOGRAPHY", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PROPERTY", "PROPERTY-STATE GOVERNMENT", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "REPORTING", "ROBESON COUNTY", "ROCKINGHAM COUNTY", "SALES & CONVEYANCES", "SESSION LAWS", "STATE BUILDINGS", "STOKES COUNTY", "SURPLUS PROPERTY", "TRIBES & TRIBAL GOVERNMENT", "TRYON PALACE COMN.", "WAKE COUNTY", "WATAUGA COUNTY", "WATER RESOURCES", "ZOOLOGICAL PARK COUNCIL", "ZOOS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hall"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-21"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50f9ec61-d748-4735-bae1-c6fa92f2c505"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H168"
source_hash: "3bcf8f9562477fc7d9ba376a9247a0c1e16ca7b177e03c9ad6d7c5bbf05318a5"
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 168 (2023) — Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Agency Bill.

## 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/House/PDF/H168v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ACC-13-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/6320/0/H168-ACC-13-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H168v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H168v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H168v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H168v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H168v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2023-70** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H168v6.pdf)

## Sponsors

- K. Hall — primary (person)
- Ball — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-30** Ch. SL 2023-70 `became-law`
- **2023-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-26** Ratified
- **2023-06-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-22** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-22** Added to Calendar
- **2023-06-22** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2023-06-21** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2023-06-21** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-06-20** Engrossed
- **2023-06-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-20** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-14** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-05** Re-ref to Agriculture, Energy, and Environment. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-30** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-03-30** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-03-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** Placed On Cal For 03/29/2023
- **2023-03-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-03-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** Re-ref to the Com on State Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-02-23** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, State Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50f9ec61-d748-4735-bae1-c6fa92f2c505`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).