---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms Qualify Sites/Expand Commsn. Powers."
description: "Firearms Qualify Sites/Expand Commsn. Powers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 978"
citation: "North Carolina SB 978 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CJE & TRAINING STANDARDS COMN.", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMISSIONS", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES OFFICE", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "WEAPONS", "SEN. BINGHAM", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-25"
last_action: "2009-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d277066-a034-46f2-8df2-aeee07757183"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S978&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2679096969c67e2cc4c103bac566ac79040689d58a263491ba16f87708c4b31c"
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 978 (2009) — Firearms Qualify Sites/Expand Commsn. Powers.

## 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/S978v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S978v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S978v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S978v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S978v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-546** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S978v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **44–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-28** Ch. SL 2009-546 `became-law`
- **2009-08-28** Signed By Gov. 8/28/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-05** Pres. To Gov. 8/5/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-05** Ratified
- **2009-08-04** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-03** Placed On Cal For 8/4/2009
- **2009-07-30** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-07-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-30** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2009-07-30** Fiscal Note Request Withdrawn
- **2009-07-29** Removed From Cal
- **2009-07-29** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2009-07-28** Placed On Cal For 7/29/2009
- **2009-07-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-28** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-08** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-18** Ref to the Com on State Government/State Personnel, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-01** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-03-26** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `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/8d277066-a034-46f2-8df2-aeee07757183`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).