---
type: "Bill"
title: "Continuing Crossbow Permit/Dealers & Manufac."
description: "Continuing Crossbow Permit/Dealers & Manufac."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "North Carolina SB 5 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MANUFACTURING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SHERIFFS", "WEAPONS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. STEVENS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-01-28"
last_action: "2009-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5d8e268-229d-42a3-badc-0e8f070ef44a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S5&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "493b8aac515c15b37410da64a0ce05f721fa6772b615a18100946bd5d1dec64a"
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 5 (2009) — Continuing Crossbow Permit/Dealers & Manufac.

## 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/S5v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARO-3-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1426/0/S5-ARO-3-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S5v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S5v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S5v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S5v4.pdf)
7. **SL2009-6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S5v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-03-23** Ch. SL 2009-6 `became-law`
- **2009-03-23** Signed By Gov. 3/19/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-03-16** Pres. To Gov. 3/12/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-03-12** Ratified
- **2009-03-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-10** Placed On Cal For 3/11/2009
- **2009-03-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-03-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-04** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-23** Ref to the Com on Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-18** Engrossed
- **2009-02-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-02-18** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-02-17** Com Amend Adpt & Engross #1
- **2009-02-17** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-01-29** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-01-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5d8e268-229d-42a3-badc-0e8f070ef44a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).