---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expand Film Credit."
description: "Expand Film Credit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 943"
citation: "North Carolina SB 943 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY", "FILM INDUSTRY", "FISCAL NOTES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TAX CREDITS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "CORPORATE INCOME", "TAXES", "INDIVIDUAL INCOME", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. GARROU", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-25"
last_action: "2009-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9c6264d-18bb-47e0-abf3-b0e95e40d7c7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S943&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f81b5456d7edc83a47fb9b7d6302cac7df62339a3558b2e6103e7f4179c4473b"
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 943 (2009) — Expand Film Credit.

## 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/S943v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S943v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S943v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S943v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-529** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S943v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **78–26** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **25–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Garrou — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-27** Ch. SL 2009-529 `became-law`
- **2009-08-27** Signed By Gov. 8/27/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Pres. To Gov. 8/11/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Ratified
- **2009-08-07** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-07** Placed On Cal For 8/7/2009
- **2009-08-07** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-08-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-22** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-29** Ref to the Com on Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-06-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-06-24** Amend Failed #1 `amendment-failure`
- **2009-06-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2009
- **2009-06-18** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-26** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9c6264d-18bb-47e0-abf3-b0e95e40d7c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).