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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Camera Defeating License Covers Illegal."
+description: "Camera Defeating License Covers Illegal."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2003"
+identifier: "HB 26"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 26 (2003)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMES", "DMV", "FISCAL NOTES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LICENSE PLATES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PHOTOGRAPHY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION", "REP. MILLER", "CHAPTERED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2003-02-13"
+last_action: "2004-07-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6028e806-c896-4850-8451-047c0233a1bb"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H26&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "bd80323d90b8a3d5c63ccb05d67f1a704a2ce74a120142b3f494a0e04168bffd"
+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 26 (2003) — Camera Defeating License Covers Illegal.
+
+## 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/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H26v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H26v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H26v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H26v3.pdf)
+5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H26v4.pdf)
+6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H26v5.pdf)
+7. **SL 2004-79** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H26v6.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- M11 Concur — **103–11** (pass) · lower
+- Second Reading — **46–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- McComas — cosponsor (person)
+- Miller — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2004-07-09** Ch. SL 2004-79 `became-law`
+- **2004-07-09** Signed By Gov. 7/8/2004 `executive-signature`
+- **2004-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2004 `executive-receipt`
+- **2004-06-29** Ratified
+- **2004-06-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2004-06-24** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2004
+- **2004-06-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2004-06-22** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
+- **2004-06-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2004-06-16** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2004-06-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-04-23** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2003-04-23** Rec From House
+- **2003-04-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2003-04-21** Placed On Cal For 4/22/2003
+- **2003-04-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2003-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-04-02** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
+- **2003-04-02** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2003-04-01** Placed On Cal For 4/2/2003
+- **2003-03-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2003-03-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-02-17** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
+- **2003-02-13** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6028e806-c896-4850-8451-047c0233a1bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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