---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require Boating Safety Education."
description: "Require Boating Safety Education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 43"
citation: "North Carolina SB 43 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOATING", "COMMISSIONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECREATION & LEISURE", "SAFETY", "WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN.", "CHAPTERED", "BOATS & WATERCRAFT", "SEN. JONES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-03"
last_action: "2009-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55bc9d53-d95c-40c7-851f-28344af767f5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S43&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "aa646be833cd7eb6fb137dccf86068385c066c5dfe0128ed6b81c8844f2af3e9"
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 43 (2009) — Require Boating Safety Education.

## 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/S43v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AME-20-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1456/0/S43-AME-20-V-1)
3. **A2: AME-21-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1457/0/S43-AME-21-V-5)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S43v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S43v2.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S43v3.pdf)
7. **SL2009-282** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S43v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **39–8** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **91–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-10** Ch. SL 2009-282 `became-law`
- **2009-07-10** Signed By Gov. 7/10/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-30** Ratified
- **2009-06-29** Concurred In H Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2009
- **2009-06-25** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2009-06-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-06-24** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-18** Postponed To 6/24/2009
- **2009-06-17** Postponed To 6/18/2009
- **2009-06-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-06-16** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-12** Placed On Cal For 6/16/2009
- **2009-06-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-27** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-07** Ref to the Com on Wildlife Resources, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-04** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55bc9d53-d95c-40c7-851f-28344af767f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).