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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Special Registration Plates."
+description: "Special Registration Plates."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2003"
+identifier: "SB 295"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 295 (2003)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BUDGETING", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "DMV", "EDUCATION", "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "FUNDING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NURSING", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "TUITION", "SEN. PURCELL", "SEN. THOMAS", "CHAPTERED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2003-03-04"
+last_action: "2003-05-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c2d3ea6-6c83-4048-80f7-b930744dca23"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S295&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "d0292ce261f0d25075b19a445d322865c7a8c43606c48c403fb0328bcf44330e"
+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 295 (2003) — Special Registration 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/S295v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S295v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S295v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S295v3.pdf)
+5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S295v4.pdf)
+6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S295v5.pdf)
+7. **SL 2003-68** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S295v6.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ballantine — cosponsor (person)
+- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
+- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
+- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
+- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
+- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Sloan — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2003-05-23** Ch. SL 2003-68 `became-law`
+- **2003-05-23** Signed By Gov. 5/20/2003 `executive-signature`
+- **2003-05-19** Pres. To Gov. 5/16/2003 `executive-receipt`
+- **2003-05-15** Ratified
+- **2003-05-14** Concurred On 3rd Reading
+- **2003-05-13** Concurred On 2nd Reading
+- **2003-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2003
+- **2003-05-12** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
+- **2003-05-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2003-05-07** Placed On Cal For 5/8/2003
+- **2003-05-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2003-05-05** Withdrawn From Cal
+- **2003-05-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2003-04-30** Placed On Cal For 5/1/2003
+- **2003-04-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2003-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-04-03** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2003-04-03** Rec From Senate
+- **2003-04-01** Engrossed
+- **2003-04-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2003-04-01** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2003-03-26** Placed On Cal For 4/1/2003
+- **2003-03-26** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2003-03-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-03-05** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2003-03-04** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c2d3ea6-6c83-4048-80f7-b930744dca23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+