---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pyrotechnics Safety Permitting Act."
description: "Pyrotechnics Safety Permitting Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 563"
citation: "North Carolina SB 563 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNCIL OF STATE", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "EMPLOYMENT", "EXPLOSIVES", "FEES", "FIREWORKS", "FISCAL NOTES", "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE DEPT.", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "OCCUPATIONAL TESTING", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "SESSION LAWS", "TESTING", "CHAPTERED", "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER", "UNREGULATED VEHICLES", "SEN. DAVIS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-11"
last_action: "2009-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2efb4c66-21ed-4dfc-9ee2-cc510cd9fbfd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S563&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7821abcbcd19554997dbfe84705c8c135840d01bba7c04e99576ab4ccca2f319"
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 563 (2009) — Pyrotechnics Safety Permitting Act.

## 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/S563v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S563v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S563v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S563v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S563v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S563v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S563v6.pdf)
8. **SL2009-507** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S563v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Goss — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-26** Ch. SL 2009-507 `became-law`
- **2009-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-07** Pres. To Gov. 8/7/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-07** Ratified
- **2009-08-07** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/7/2009
- **2009-08-06** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-08-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-08-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-06** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-08-04** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-08-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-28** Ref to the Com on Insurance, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-07-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-07-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-22** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-07-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-12** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2efb4c66-21ed-4dfc-9ee2-cc510cd9fbfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).