---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create Exemption/Size-Weight for Sage Haulers."
description: "Create Exemption/Size-Weight for Sage Haulers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 838"
citation: "North Carolina HB 838 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "COMMERCE", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SHIPPING", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRUCKS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. SPEAR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-26"
last_action: "2009-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f453e7c-6820-45ba-b2bc-81297e8ab836"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H838&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2d21cd6c036086ac72a983145c94b258b6e29cadc980e74f313560d216bf917c"
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 838 (2009) — Create Exemption/Size-Weight for Sage Haulers.

## 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/H838v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H838v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H838v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H838v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H838v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-127** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H838v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Spear — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-19** Ch. SL 2009-127 `became-law`
- **2009-06-19** Signed By Gov. 6/19/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-11** Pres. To Gov. 6/11/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-10** Ratified
- **2009-06-09** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/9/2009
- **2009-06-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-08** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-06-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-11** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-11** Rec From House
- **2009-05-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-06** Placed On Cal For 5/7/2009
- **2009-05-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-08** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-30** Ref to the Com on Agriculture, if favorable, Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f453e7c-6820-45ba-b2bc-81297e8ab836`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).