---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extend Climate Change Commission."
description: "Extend Climate Change Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 835"
citation: "North Carolina SB 835 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMISSIONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "STUDIES", "SEN. ALBERTSON", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED", "GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-24"
last_action: "2009-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6d2b90e-d48a-4677-ae5e-f8e0a918bf7c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S835&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ad4b7387fbe65560f4ed93dad9d1861815702d8b5a5797505c1a0bee450ef98c"
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 835 (2009) — Extend Climate Change Commission.

## 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/S835v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S835v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S835v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S835v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-306** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S835v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **33–15** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **67–50** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-17** Ch. SL 2009-306 `became-law`
- **2009-07-17** Signed By Gov. 7/17/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-13** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-09** Ratified
- **2009-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2009
- **2009-07-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-05-26** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-09** Ref to the Com on Environment and Natural Resources, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-04-02** Placed On Cal For 4/7/2009
- **2009-04-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-04-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-04-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-25** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6d2b90e-d48a-4677-ae5e-f8e0a918bf7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).