---
type: "Bill"
title: "No Killing of Grass Carp."
description: "No Killing of Grass Carp."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 898"
citation: "North Carolina HB 898 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "COUNTIES", "CRIMES", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "HUNTING & FISHING", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LOCAL", "RATIFIED", "HALIFAX COUNTY", "WARREN COUNTY", "ROANOKE RIVER", "CHAPTERED", "NORTHAMPTON COUNTY", "REP. ALLEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Bryant", "Wray"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2009-03-30"
last_action: "2009-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a18e3505-7733-488c-b961-c290a08443e1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H898&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d91f1cecfeaaa8bc9fbd4b5fd8c8b75f93d75c12edf2345275008eb2ba857c07"
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 898 (2009) — No Killing of Grass Carp.

## 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/H898v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H898v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H898v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H898v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-261** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H898v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Bryant — primary (person)
- Wray — primary (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-09** Ch. SL 2009-261 `became-law`
- **2009-07-09** Ratified
- **2009-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2009
- **2009-07-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-30** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-30** Rec From House
- **2009-04-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-27** Placed On Cal For 4/28/2009
- **2009-04-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-08** Re-ref Com On Marine Resources and Aquaculture `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-31** Ref to the Com on Wildlife Resources, if favorable, Marine Resources and Aquaculture `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a18e3505-7733-488c-b961-c290a08443e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).