---
type: "Bill"
title: "Critical Infrastructure Assm't Changes."
description: "Critical Infrastructure Assm't Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 97"
citation: "North Carolina SB 97 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PARKS & RECREATION AREAS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "SEN. HARTSELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-10"
last_action: "2009-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebbc42a1-6e1b-416a-8264-18a7aa8e5b72"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S97&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f4a43888ecc4b2ac4dfdc94490fd55aa5ae2241308dd98c85a1d061264fff0d9"
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 97 (2009) — Critical Infrastructure Assm't Changes.

## 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/S97v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATD-57-V-5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1500/0/S97-ATD-57-V-5)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S97v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S97v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S97v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S97v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S97v5.pdf)
8. **SL2009-525** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S97v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **42–3** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-26** Ch. SL 2009-525 `became-law`
- **2009-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-06** Pres. To Gov. 8/6/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-06** Ratified
- **2009-08-06** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2009-08-05** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2009-08-04** Placed On Cal For 8/5/2009
- **2009-08-03** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-08-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-07-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-30** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-29** Placed On Cal For 7/30/2009
- **2009-07-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-07** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-11** Ref to the Com on Judiciary I, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-05-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-11** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebbc42a1-6e1b-416a-8264-18a7aa8e5b72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).