---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hunting License Exemption for Special Events."
description: "Hunting License Exemption for Special Events."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 1009"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1009 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "COMMISSIONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "HUNTING & FISHING", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN.", "SEN. SWINDELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-25"
last_action: "2009-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d234f6ac-3501-46e1-910e-92165ad59320"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S1009&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9d73f3b8354e6a7f2e4ff90353e8aa25d98db73a5fa3a979c2c428cae8aef8bc"
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 SB 1009 (2009) — Hunting License Exemption for Special Events.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1009v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1009v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1009v2.pdf)
4. **SL2009-248** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1009v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Swindell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-01** Ch. SL 2009-248 `became-law`
- **2009-07-01** Signed By Gov. 7/1/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-29** Ratified
- **2009-06-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-24** Placed On Cal For 6/25/2009
- **2009-06-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-27** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-11** Ref to the Com on Wildlife Resources, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-26** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d234f6ac-3501-46e1-910e-92165ad59320`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).