---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mountain Resources Planning."
description: "Mountain Resources Planning."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 968"
citation: "North Carolina SB 968 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COMMISSIONS", "CONSERVATION", "COUNCILS", "DENR", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "MEMBERSHIP", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SPEAKER", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. QUEEN", "MOUNTAIN RESOURCES COMN."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-25"
last_action: "2009-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/004aed79-3422-45c6-bc89-e6f23cbc7ae3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S968&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "903da7fab37f014ca9d10628a01be1f4e85922aece2027a3db758b96893fef0a"
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 968 (2009) — Mountain Resources Planning.

## 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/S968v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S968v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S968v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S968v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S968v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-485** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S968v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **104–1** (pass) · lower
- House Amd 1-3\Motion 8\To Concur — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Goss — cosponsor (person)
- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-26** Ch. SL 2009-485 `became-law`
- **2009-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Pres. To Gov. 8/11/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Ratified
- **2009-08-07** Concurred In H Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-07** Placed On Cal For 8/7/2009
- **2009-08-07** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2009-08-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-08-06** Amend Adopted 3 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-06** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-08-06** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-08-06** Ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-08-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-08-05** Ref to the Com on Environment and Natural Resources, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-08-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-08-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-08-05** Placed On Cal For 8/5/2009
- **2009-08-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-08-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-30** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-04-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-26** Ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `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/004aed79-3422-45c6-bc89-e6f23cbc7ae3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).