---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorize Grandfather Mtn. as State Park."
description: "Authorize Grandfather Mtn. as State Park."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 89"
citation: "North Carolina SB 89 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "PARKS & RECREATION AREAS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "AVERY COUNTY", "CALDWELL COUNTY", "WATAUGA COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. JACUMIN", "SEN. GOSS", "SEN. QUEEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-05"
last_action: "2009-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4bfe189-4890-4190-bf28-cca60a9646cd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S89&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ef9d402e90dbc44f9a6bb5e56d828a319d36093d90417c2824e7d607be603b48"
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 89 (2009) — Authorize Grandfather Mtn. as State Park.

## 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/S89v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S89v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S89v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S89v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-12** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S89v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Rockingham — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Foriest — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Goss — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Jacumin — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Stein — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Vaughan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-03-31** Ch. SL 2009-12 `became-law`
- **2009-03-31** Signed By Gov. 3/31/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-03-31** Pres. To Gov. 3/30/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-03-30** Ratified
- **2009-03-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-25** Placed On Cal For 3/26/2009
- **2009-03-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-03-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-24** Assigned To Appropriations Subcommittee on Natural and Economic Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-19** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-11** Ref to the Com on Environment and Natural Resources, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-03-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-26** Re-ref Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-02-10** Ref To Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4bfe189-4890-4190-bf28-cca60a9646cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).