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+type: "Bill"
+title: "\"In God We Trust\" Special Plates."
+description: "\"In God We Trust\" Special Plates."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2003"
+identifier: "SB 1144"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 1144 (2003)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "BUDGETING", "DMV", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "FUNDING", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "SEN. THOMAS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. APODACA", "SEN. HOLLOMAN"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2004-05-17"
+last_action: "2004-07-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f37cbef8-8c92-463b-8773-651c72bae040"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S1144&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "c51ef90dbc5f69faac261333e8825b187a43248760b4f42cfc02a2b80c89c051"
+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 1144 (2003) — "In God We Trust" Special Plates.
+
+## 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/Senate/PDF/S1144v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1144v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1144v2.pdf)
+4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1144v3.pdf)
+5. **SL 2004-131** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1144v4.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **110–4** (pass) · lower
+- Second Reading — **108–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
+- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
+- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
+- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
+- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
+- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
+- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
+- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
+- Hargett — cosponsor (person)
+- Holloman — cosponsor (person)
+- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
+- Malone — cosponsor (person)
+- Moore — cosponsor (person)
+- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
+- Rand — cosponsor (person)
+- Sloan — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
+- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
+- White — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2004-07-29** Ch. SL 2004-131 `became-law`
+- **2004-07-29** Signed By Gov. 7/29/2004 `executive-signature`
+- **2004-07-12** Pres. To Gov. 7/9/2004 `executive-receipt`
+- **2004-07-08** Ratified
+- **2004-07-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2004-07-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2004-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2004
+- **2004-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2004-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2004-06-08** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2004-06-08** Rec From Senate
+- **2004-06-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2004-06-02** Com Amend Adpt & Engross # 1
+- **2004-06-02** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2004-05-18** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2004-05-17** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f37cbef8-8c92-463b-8773-651c72bae040`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+