HB 353 is sponsored by Wray, Steinburg, McNeill, Insko, Hunter, Holley, Pricey Harrison (Democratic), Floyd, Fisher, Dobson, Carla D. Cunningham (U), Deb Butler (Democratic), William D. Brisson (Republican), Mary Belk (Democratic), B. Richardson, C. Graham, Brenden H. Jones (Republican), John R. Bell, IV (Republican), Becky Carney (Democratic), Eric Ager (Democratic), and Cecil Brockman (Democratic).

Where can I track HB 353?

Track HB 353 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

North Carolina 2017-2018 Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 6 D · 3 R · 1 I cosponsors

HB 353 — Authorize State Park System Expansion.-AB

Last action July 25, 2017 — Signed by Gov. 7/25/2017

✓
Introduced
✓
In Committee
✓
Passed House
✓
Passed Senate
✓
To Executive
6
Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 14, 2017. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

Upgrade to see the exact probability and what's driving it.

A statistical estimate from our own model of past outcomes — an insight, not a guarantee. Policymaking is volatile.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
21 sponsors

3 primary, 18 co-sponsors signed on.
Bipartisan support

Sponsored across 3 parties (6 D · 3 R · 1 I) — cross-party backing.
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

50 added · 53 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of House Bill 353 includes changes in its reference and sponsorship details, aligning it with the current session and clarifying the legislative process it will undergo. This update is significant because it ensures that the bill is accurately documented and tracked within the state's legislative framework, making it easier for lawmakers and the public to follow its progress.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2017 H 21 HOUSE BILL 353 ~~Senate~~ ~~State~~ ~~and~~ ~~Local~~ ~~Government~~ ~~Committee~~ ~~Substitute~~ ~~Adopted~~ ~~6/21/17~~ Short Title:

Representatives Dobson, Brisson, Brenden Jones, and Hunter (Primary Sponsors).

For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.

State and Local Government II, if favorable, Appropriations March 15, 2017 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ADDITION OF BLACK RIVER STATE PARK, BOB'S POCKET STATE NATURAL AREA, WARWICK MILL BAY STATE NATURAL AREA, AND SALMON CREEK STATE NATURAL AREA TO THE STATE PARKS SYSTEM, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL ~~RESOURCES,~~RESOURCES. ~~AND~~ TO ~~DIRECT~~ ~~THE~~ ~~DEPARTMENT~~ TO ~~STUDY~~ ~~THE~~ ~~ESTABLISHMENT~~ OF A ~~STATE~~ ~~PARK~~ ON ~~THE~~ ~~BLACK~~ ~~RIVER.~~

and Whereas, the General Assembly enacted the State Parks Act in 1987, declaring that the State of North Carolina offers unique archaeological, geological, biological, scenic, and recreational ~~resources~~resources, and that such resources are part of the heritage of the people of the State to be preserved and managed by those people for their use and for the use of their visitors and descendants;

and Whereas, the Black River in Sampson, Bladen, and Pender counties is one of North Carolina's most important scenic landmarks and is nationally significant for excellent examples of blackwater wetland natural communities, for huge cypress trees more than 1,600 years old, which are some of the most ancient trees in the world with immense scientific value, and for outstanding opportunities for outdoor recreation;

*H353-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 SECTION 1.

The General Assembly authorizes the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources to add Black River State Park, Bob's Pocket State Natural Area, Warwick Mill Bay State Natural Area, and Salmon Creek State Natural Area to the State Parks System as provided in G.S.

The State may receive donations of appropriate land and may purchase other needed lands for Black River State Park, Bob's Pocket State Natural Area, Warwick Mill Bay State ~~*H353-v-2*~~ ~~General~~ ~~Assembly~~ Of ~~North~~ ~~Carolina~~ ~~Session~~ ~~2017~~ Natural Area, and Salmon Creek State Natural Area with existing funds in the Clean Water Management Trust Fund, the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund, the federal Land and Water Trust Fund, and other available sources of funding.

The Division of Parks and Recreation of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources shall study the feasibility and the desirability of acquiring land and establishing a State Park on the Black River.

~~The study shall include public input and shall estimate the cost of developing the proposed park.~~

~~In addition, the study shall include an assessment of actions the State can take to improve the navigability of the Black River.~~

The Division shall report its findings and recommendations, including any legislative proposals, to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources on or before March 1, 2018.

~~SECTION 4.~~

Page 2 House Bill ~~353-Second~~353-First Edition

Latest

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2017 H 2 HOUSE BILL 353 ~~Senate~~ ~~State~~ ~~and~~ ~~Local~~ ~~Government~~ ~~Committee~~ ~~Substitute~~ ~~Adopted~~ ~~6/21/17~~ Short Title:

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2017 H 1 HOUSE BILL 353 Short Title:

Representatives Dobson, Brisson, Brenden Jones, and Hunter (Primary Sponsors).

For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.

March 15, 2017 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ADDITION OF BOB'S POCKET STATE NATURAL AREA, WARWICK MILL BAY STATE NATURAL AREA, AND SALMON CREEK STATE NATURAL AREA TO THE STATE PARKS SYSTEM, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL ~~RESOURCES,~~ ~~AND~~ TO ~~DIRECT~~ ~~THE~~ ~~DEPARTMENT~~ TO ~~STUDY~~ ~~THE~~ ~~ESTABLISHMENT~~ OF A ~~STATE~~ ~~PARK~~ ON ~~THE~~ ~~BLACK~~ ~~RIVER.~~

and Whereas, the General Assembly enacted the State Parks Act in 1987, declaring that the State of North Carolina offers unique archaeological, geological, biological, scenic, and recreational ~~resources~~ and that such resources are part of the heritage of the people of the State to be preserved and managed by those people for their use and for the use of their visitors and descendants;

and Whereas, the General Assembly enacted the State Parks Act in 1987, declaring that the State of North Carolina offers unique archaeological, geological, biological, scenic, and recreational resources, and that such resources are part of the heritage of the people of the State to be preserved and managed by those people for their use and for the use of their visitors and descendants;

SECTION 1.

*H353-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 SECTION 1.

The General Assembly authorizes the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources to add Bob's Pocket State Natural Area, Warwick Mill Bay State Natural Area, and Salmon Creek State Natural Area to the State Parks System as provided in G.S.

The State may receive donations of appropriate land and may purchase other needed lands for Bob's Pocket State Natural Area, Warwick Mill Bay State ~~*H353-v-2*~~ ~~General~~ ~~Assembly~~ Of ~~North~~ ~~Carolina~~ ~~Session~~ ~~2017~~ Natural Area, and Salmon Creek State Natural Area with existing funds in the Clean Water Management Trust Fund, the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund, the federal Land and Water Trust Fund, and other available sources of funding.

The State may receive donations of appropriate land and may purchase other needed lands for Black River State Park, Bob's Pocket State Natural Area, Warwick Mill Bay State Natural Area, and Salmon Creek State Natural Area with existing funds in the Clean Water Management Trust Fund, the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund, the federal Land and Water Trust Fund, and other available sources of funding.

~~The study shall include public input and shall estimate the cost of developing the proposed park.~~

~~In addition, the study shall include an assessment of actions the State can take to improve the navigability of the Black River.~~

~~SECTION 4.~~

Page 2 House Bill ~~353-Second~~ Edition

Page 2 House Bill 353-First Edition

⬇ Download PDF

View plain text versions (6)

Edition 1 View text pdf
Edition 2 View text pdf
Edition 3 View text pdf
Ratified View text pdf
SL 2017-177 View text Current pdf
Introduced Filed pdf

Action History

July 25, 2017
Signed by Gov. 7/25/2017
July 25, 2017
Ch. SL 2017-177
June 29, 2017
Concurred In S/Com Sub
June 29, 2017
Ordered Enrolled
June 29, 2017
Ratified
June 29, 2017
Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2017
June 28, 2017
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
June 28, 2017
Com Substitute Adopted
June 28, 2017
Placed on Today's Calendar
June 28, 2017
Passed 2nd Reading
June 28, 2017
Passed 3rd Reading
June 28, 2017
Special Message Sent To House
June 28, 2017
Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
June 28, 2017
Cal Pursuant 36(b)
June 28, 2017
Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017
June 21, 2017
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
June 21, 2017
Com Substitute Adopted
June 21, 2017
Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
June 20, 2017
Withdrawn From Com
June 20, 2017
Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
April 10, 2017
Regular Message Received From House
April 10, 2017
Passed 1st Reading
April 10, 2017
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
April 06, 2017
Passed 2nd Reading
April 06, 2017
Passed 3rd Reading
April 06, 2017
Regular Message Sent To Senate
April 05, 2017
Reptd Fav
April 05, 2017
Re-ref Com On Appropriations
April 05, 2017
Withdrawn From Com
April 05, 2017
Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
April 05, 2017
Placed On Cal For 04/06/2017
March 15, 2017
Passed 1st Reading
March 15, 2017
Ref to the Com on State and Local Government II, if favorable, Appropriations
March 14, 2017
Filed

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

3 sponsors · 18 co-sponsors · 158 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Dobson
William D. Brisson Republican
Brenden H. Jones Republican

Not signed on (158)

158 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 158 →

"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

M11 Concur

June 29, 2017

Passed 107 Yea · 3 Nay · 10 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	65	3	0	8
Democratic	14	0	0	1
Republican	27	0	0	1
U	1	0	0	0
Total	107	3	0	10
% of votes cast	89%	3%	0%	8%

How each member voted (120)

Member	Party	Vote
Lewis	—	Not Voting
McNeill	—	Yea
Michaux	—	Yea
Millis	—	Nay
Steinburg	—	Not Voting
Szoka	—	Yea
Zachary	—	Yea
Autry	—	Yea
Boswell	—	Yea
Burr	—	Yea
Dobson	—	Yea
Faircloth	—	Yea
Farmer-Butterfield	—	Not Voting
Floyd	—	Yea
Fraley	—	Yea
Garrison	—	Yea
Gill	—	Yea
G.Adcock	—	Yea
L.Bell	—	Yea
DuaneHall	—	Yea
G.Graham	—	Yea
Jackson	—	Yea
G.Martin	—	Yea
R.Moore	—	Yea
B.Richardson	—	Yea
W.Richardson	—	Yea
B.Turner	—	Yea
J.Bell	—	Yea
BertJones	—	Yea
Brawley	—	Yea
Beasley	—	Yea
Black	—	Yea
Boles	—	Yea
Bumgardner	—	Yea
Cleveland	—	Yea
Conrad	—	Yea
Earle	—	Yea
Fisher	—	Yea
Goodman	—	Yea
Hanes	—	Yea
Holley	—	Yea
Hunter	—	Yea
Insko	—	Yea
Lucas	—	Yea
Terry	—	Yea
Wray	—	Yea
DestinHall	—	Yea
K.Hall	—	Yea
Johnson	—	Yea
Malone	—	Yea
T.Moore(Speaker)	—	Yea
Stone	—	Yea
R.Turner	—	Yea
C.Graham	—	Not Voting
BrendenJones	—	Not Voting
S.Martin	—	Not Voting
Bradford	—	Not Voting
Collins	—	Nay
Dollar	—	Yea
Dulin	—	Nay
Elmore	—	Yea
Grange	—	Yea
Hardister	—	Yea
Henson	—	Yea
Horn	—	Yea
Hurley	—	Yea
Jordan	—	Yea
McElraft	—	Yea
McGrady	—	Yea
Murphy	—	Yea
Presnell	—	Yea
Rogers	—	Yea
Saine	—	Yea
Speciale	—	Yea
Williams	—	Yea
Yarborough	—	Not Voting
Amos L. Quick, III	Democratic	Not Voting
Becky Carney	Democratic	Yea
Cecil Brockman	Democratic	Yea
Cynthia Ball	Democratic	Yea
Dante Pittman	Democratic	Yea
Deb Butler	Democratic	Yea
Eric Ager	Democratic	Yea
Garland E. Pierce	Democratic	Yea
Graig Meyer	Democratic	Yea
Joe John	Democratic	Yea
Marcia Morey	Democratic	Yea
Mary Belk	Democratic	Yea
Pricey Harrison	Democratic	Yea
Robert T. Reives, II	Democratic	Yea
Shelly Willingham	Democratic	Yea
Carl Ford	Republican	Yea
Dean Arp	Republican	Yea
Dennis Riddell	Republican	Yea
Donna McDowell White	Republican	Yea
Donny Lambeth	Republican	Yea
Frank Iler	Republican	Yea
Harry Warren	Republican	Yea
Hugh Blackwell	Republican	Yea
Jay Adams	Republican	Yea
Jimmy Dixon	Republican	Yea
John A. Torbett	Republican	Yea
John M. Blust	Republican	Yea
John Sauls	Republican	Yea
Julia C. Howard	Republican	Yea
Kelly E. Hastings	Republican	Yea
Kevin Corbin	Republican	Yea
Larry C. Strickland	Republican	Yea
Larry W. Potts	Republican	Yea
Mark Brody	Republican	Yea
Mike Clampitt	Republican	Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer	Republican	Yea
Phil Shepard	Republican	Yea
Sam Watford	Republican	Yea
Sarah Stevens	Republican	Yea
Stephen M. Ross	Republican	Yea
Ted Davis, Jr.	Republican	Yea
W. Ted Alexander	Republican	Not Voting
William D. Brisson	Republican	Yea
Carla D. Cunningham	U	Yea

Official roll call →

Second Reading

June 28, 2017

Passed 46 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	32	0	0	1
Republican	9	0	0	1
Democratic	5	0	0	2
Total	46	0	0	4
% of votes cast	92%	0%	0%	8%

How each member voted (50)

Member	Party	Vote
McKissick	—	Yea
Randleman	—	Yea
Ballard	—	Yea
Barefoot	—	Yea
Brock	—	Yea
Foushee	—	Yea
D.Davis	—	Yea
J.Jackson	—	Yea
Smith	—	Yea
VanDuyn	—	Yea
Brown	—	Yea
J.Davis	—	Yea
B.Jackson	—	Yea
Newton	—	Yea
Tucker	—	Yea
Barringer	—	Yea
Bishop	—	Yea
Bryant	—	Yea
Curtis	—	Yea
Dunn	—	Yea
Edwards	—	Yea
Gunn	—	Yea
Harrington	—	Yea
Horner	—	Yea
Krawiec	—	Yea
Meredith	—	Yea
Pate	—	Yea
Rabin	—	Yea
Tarte	—	Yea
Tillman	—	Yea
Wade	—	Yea
Wells	—	Yea
Woodard	—	Not Voting
Amanda P. Cook	Democratic	Yea
Dan Blue	Democratic	Yea
Gladys A. Robinson	Democratic	Not Voting
Jay J. Chaudhuri	Democratic	Not Voting
Joyce Waddell	Democratic	Yea
Paul A. Lowe, Jr.	Democratic	Yea
Tracy Clark	Democratic	Yea
Bill Rabon	Republican	Yea
Carl Ford	Republican	Not Voting
Danny Earl Britt, Jr.	Republican	Yea
Michael V. Lee	Republican	Yea
Norman W. Sanderson	Republican	Yea
Phil Berger	Republican	Yea
Ralph Hise	Republican	Yea
Tom McInnis	Republican	Yea
W. Ted Alexander	Republican	Yea
Warren Daniel	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

environment

Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 353?: HB 353 is sponsored by Wray, Steinburg, McNeill, Insko, Hunter, Holley, Pricey Harrison (Democratic), Floyd, Fisher, Dobson, Carla D. Cunningham (U), Deb Butler (Democratic), William D. Brisson (Republican), Mary Belk (Democratic), B. Richardson, C. Graham, Brenden H. Jones (Republican), John R. Bell, IV (Republican), Becky Carney (Democratic), Eric Ager (Democratic), and Cecil Brockman (Democratic).
What is the current status of HB 353?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 14, 2017. Enacted.
Where can I track HB 353?: Track HB 353 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Keep track of this bill

Add this bill to your alerts and we'll email you when it moves — or keep it on a watchlist and see it in your weekly digest.

Create a free account →

At a glance

Identifier: HB 353
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Session: 2017-2018 Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: March 14, 2017
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Dobson

Make your voice heard on HB 353

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of HB 353

Last checked for changes 3 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →