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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Clarify MV Dealer Franchise Laws."
+description: "Clarify MV Dealer Franchise Laws."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2003"
+identifier: "SB 559"
+citation: "North Carolina SB 559 (2003)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COMMERCE", "EMPLOYMENT", "FRANCHISES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION", "SEN. SWINDELL", "SEN. BERGER", "SEN. HOYLE", "CHAPTERED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2003-03-26"
+last_action: "2003-05-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fc2befc-73dc-491d-84ad-16b7e705395f"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S559&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "b146ae27dc0bc602f1683f64db80a38b497f9ec5cd995f1ed91069e870a468a1"
+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 559 (2003) — Clarify MV Dealer Franchise Laws.
+
+## 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/S559v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S559v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S559v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S559v3.pdf)
+5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S559v4.pdf)
+6. **SL 2003-113** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S559v5.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion 8\To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Berger — cosponsor (person)
+- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
+- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2003-05-31** Ch. SL 2003-113 `became-law`
+- **2003-05-31** Signed By Gov. 5/31/2003 `executive-signature`
+- **2003-05-27** Pres. To Gov. 5/22/2003 `executive-receipt`
+- **2003-05-21** Ratified
+- **2003-05-20** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2003-05-15** Placed On Cal For 5/20/2003
+- **2003-05-15** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
+- **2003-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2003-05-13** Placed On Cal For 5/14/2003
+- **2003-05-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2003-05-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-04-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
+- **2003-04-24** Rec From Senate
+- **2003-04-22** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2003-04-17** Placed On Cal For 4/22/2003
+- **2003-04-17** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2003-04-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2003-03-27** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2003-03-26** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fc2befc-73dc-491d-84ad-16b7e705395f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+