---
type: "Bill"
title: "Blue Ridge Parkway 75th Anniversary."
description: "Blue Ridge Parkway 75th Anniversary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HJR 1655"
citation: "North Carolina HJR 1655 (2009)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["AWARDS", "HONORS & MEMORIALS", "BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "RATIFIED", "RESOLUTIONS", "JOINT", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TRANSPORTATION", "CHAPTERED", "REP. RAPP"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haire", "Rapp", "Tarleton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-06-18"
last_action: "2009-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8343bffd-b038-4c83-9040-d9f9c2cd20a2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1655&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "49a6adf67cbc3ae6ecf8bf5da0d971955c123d8b50b9f8f8dbff0080dcdf1c6c"
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 HJR 1655 (2009) — Blue Ridge Parkway 75th Anniversary.

## 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/H1655v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1655v1.pdf)
3. **Res 2009-23** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1655v2.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haire — primary (person)
- Rapp — primary (person)
- Tarleton — primary (person)
- Blackwell — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Guice — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Justus — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Whilden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-30** Ch. Res 2009-23 `became-law`
- **2009-06-30** Ratified
- **2009-06-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-29** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2009
- **2009-06-29** Rec From House
- **2009-06-29** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2009
- **2009-06-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-22** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-06-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8343bffd-b038-4c83-9040-d9f9c2cd20a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).