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H103 • 2025

NC Am. Indian Hunting/Fishing Rights.

NC Am. Indian Hunting/Fishing Rights.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
R. Pierce, Clampitt, Lowery, Ward, Ager, Baker, T. Brown, Budd, Cervania, Cohn, Colvin, Dahle, Echevarria, Harrison, Logan, Majeed, McNeely, Moss, G. Pierce, Price, Quick, Shepard
Last action
2025-03-04
Official status
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Effective date
2025-10-01

Plain English Breakdown

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NC Am. Indian Hunting/Fishing Rights.

H103-SMSU-1(e1)-v-3 (2025-02-27): NC Am.

What This Bill Does

  • H103-SMSU-1(e1)-v-3 (2025-02-27): NC Am.
  • Indian Hunting/Fishing Rights.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: 2025 -2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 103: NC Am.

  • 2025 -2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 103: NC Am.
  • Indian Hunting/Fishing Rights.
  • Committee: House Federal Relations and American Indian Affairs.
  • If favorable, re-refer to State and Local Government.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-04 House

    Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  2. 2025-03-04 House

    Withdrawn From Com

  3. 2025-03-04 House

    Serial Referral To Wildlife Resources Stricken

  4. 2025-03-04 House

    Serial Referral To Regulatory Reform Stricken

  5. 2025-03-04 House

    Serial Referral To State and Local Government Stricken

  6. 2025-02-12 House

    Ref to the Com on Federal Relations and American Indian Affairs, if favorable, State and Local Government, if favorable, Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Wildlife Resources, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  7. 2025-02-12 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  8. 2025-02-11 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

H103-SMSU-1(e1)-v-3
(2025-02-27): NC Am. Indian Hunting/Fishing Rights.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 103

Short Title: NC Am. Indian Hunting/Fishing Rights. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives R. Pierce, Clampitt, Lowery, and Ward (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Federal Relations and American Indian Affairs, if favorable, State and Local
Government, if favorable, Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Wildlife Resources, if
favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
February 12, 2025
*H103-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION FROM HUNT ING, TRAPPING, AND F ISHING 2
LICENSE REQUIREMENTS FOR NORTH CAROLINA TRIBAL MEMBERS. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 113-276(l1) reads as rewritten: 5
"(l1) The licensing provisions of this Article do not apply to a to: 6
(1) A member of an Indian tribe recognized under Chapter 71A of the General 7
Statutes for purposes of hunting, trapping, or fishing on tribal land. A person 8
taking advantage of this exemption sh all possess and produce proper 9
identification confirming the person's membership in a State-recognized tribe 10
upon request by a wildlife enforcement officer. For purposes of this section, 11
"tribal land" means only real property owned by an Indian tribe recog nized 12
under Chapter 71A of the General Statutes. 13
(2) A resident of the State who is a member of an Indian tribe recognized under 14
Chapter 71A of the General Statutes or who has an ID card from a Native 15
nation for purposes of hunting, trapping, or fishing in the State off tribal land. 16
A person taking advantage of this exemption shall possess and produce proper 17
identification confirming the person 's membership in a State -recognized or 18
federally recognized tribe upon request by a wildlife enforcement officer. A 19
person exempted from licensing under this sub division shall comply with (i) 20
all reporting requirements prescribed by statute or Wildlife Resources 21
Commission rule , (ii) the hunter education requirements set forth in 22
G.S. 113-270.1A, (iii) the requirements for purchase of federal migratory 23
waterfowl stamps, and (iv) any other requirements of law or rule to which 24
other North Carolina hunting and fishing license holders are subject. The 25
exemption from licensing provided under this subdivision shall not apply to 26
licenses issued under Article 14A, 14B, or 25A of this Chapter." 27
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2025. 28