---
type: "Bill"
title: "Active Duty Hunting/Fishing License Exemption."
description: "Active Duty Hunting/Fishing License Exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 97"
citation: "North Carolina HB 97 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "ARMED FORCES", "FISCAL NOTES", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "HUNTING & FISHING", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. KILLIAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Killian", "McElraft", "Sager"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-10"
last_action: "2009-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d8b7bd2-52a7-4408-9ab9-e808c89d6bb0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H97&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "15117e46c45f4aa3bd4fecce99b013f640acc045d72823aee2a6fc2dd3e07d60"
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 97 (2009) — Active Duty Hunting/Fishing License Exemption.

## 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/H97v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H97v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H97v2.pdf)
4. **SL2009-25** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H97v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Killian — primary (person)
- McElraft — primary (person)
- Sager — primary (person)
- Avila — cosponsor (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- Blackwood — cosponsor (person)
- Blust — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Current — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Guice — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holloway — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Justice — cosponsor (person)
- Justus — cosponsor (person)
- K. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Mills — cosponsor (person)
- Neumann — cosponsor (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tillis — cosponsor (person)
- Wiley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-05-13** Ch. SL 2009-25 `became-law`
- **2009-05-13** Signed By Gov. 5/13/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-05-06** Pres. To Gov. 5/6/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-05-05** Ratified
- **2009-05-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-07** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-07** Rec From House
- **2009-04-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-02** Placed On Cal For 4/6/2009
- **2009-04-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-11** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-11** Ref to the Com on Wildlife Resources, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d8b7bd2-52a7-4408-9ab9-e808c89d6bb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).