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type: "Bill"
title: "Limited Shark Fishing Tournament Moratorium."
description: "Limited Shark Fishing Tournament Moratorium."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 544"
citation: "North Carolina HB 544 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["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"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2023-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f70e8c52-29b7-45e7-bf7c-a896be40dce2"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H544"
source_hash: "e0373c22ebbeda35592016ec30d58aeb7fd45c4b8f64fbc1dbb4d5f61087fc21"
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 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](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H544v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H544v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H544v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H544v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2023-26** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H544v4.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f70e8c52-29b7-45e7-bf7c-a896be40dce2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).