---
type: "Bill"
title: "Address Erosion Control Issues."
description: "Address Erosion Control Issues."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 709"
citation: "North Carolina HB 709 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AQUACULTURE", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COASTAL RESOURCES COMN.", "COMMISSIONS", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "EROSION", "FISHERIES PRODUCTS", "LAKES & RIVERS", "MEMBERSHIP", "MORATORIUMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SEAFOOD & AQUACULTURE COMN.", "SOILS", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "WATER RESOURCES", "REP. GIBSON", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ALLEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-19"
last_action: "2009-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c4beb63-51dd-49ff-a5d7-6e03094bfc97"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H709&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "953456f9d73557a69a43d2f51ac9ecbc3c44f0bcd4b219e5b398228e20c86f2f"
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 709 (2009) — Address Erosion Control Issues.

## Version chain

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

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H709v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H709v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H709v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H709v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-479** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H709v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **92–21** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **40–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-26** Ch. SL 2009-479 `became-law`
- **2009-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Pres. To Gov. 8/11/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Ratified
- **2009-08-10** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-07** Placed On Cal For 8/10/2009
- **2009-08-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-07** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-08-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-06** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-08-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-08-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-19** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2009
- **2009-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-23** Ref To Com On Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c4beb63-51dd-49ff-a5d7-6e03094bfc97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).