---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bat Protection Act."
description: "Bat Protection Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1419"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1419 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "COMMISSIONS", "CONSERVATION", "CRIMES", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN.", "REP. GULLEY", "REP. LUCAS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. CLEVELAND"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland", "Lucas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-09"
last_action: "2009-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71222fc7-7787-4579-8b6e-45678d01e065"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1419&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "68eb7949dde5462afedef46399b4f9d967741b15b0117b5023f886a82fa22885"
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 HB 1419 (2009) — Bat Protection Act.

## 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/House/PDF/H1419v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1419v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1419v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1419v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-219** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1419v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **102–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cleveland — primary (person)
- Lucas — primary (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-30** Ch. SL 2009-219 `became-law`
- **2009-06-30** Signed By Gov. 6/30/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-26** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-25** Ratified
- **2009-06-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-14** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-11** Placed On Cal For 5/12/2009
- **2009-05-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-06** Re-ref Com On Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-13** Ref to the Com on Wildlife Resources, if favorable, Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71222fc7-7787-4579-8b6e-45678d01e065`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).