---
type: "Bill"
title: "Desert Storm License Plate."
description: "Desert Storm License Plate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 3"
citation: "North Carolina SB 3 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "DMV", "FISCAL NOTES", "LICENSE PLATES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-01-24"
last_action: "2001-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b79e861-8598-4b1a-a72d-a5c3e55200f6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S3&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c3b4ce4719c3cca7d7993d92cdd8abe04f7beaed731be46addcfc2f4862ae818"
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 3 (2001) — Desert Storm License Plate.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-40** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S3v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **107–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Odom — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-04-26** Ch. SL 2001-40 `became-law`
- **2001-04-26** Signed By Gov. 4/26/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-04-17** Pres. To Gov. 4/17/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-04-16** Ratified
- **2001-04-12** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-11** Placed On Cal For 4/12/2001
- **2001-04-11** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-04-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-04-10** Amend Failed #1 `amendment-failure`
- **2001-04-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-04-05** Placed On Cal For 4/9/2001
- **2001-04-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-15** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-05** Ref to the Com on Military, Veterans and Indian Affairs and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-05** Rec From Senate
- **2001-02-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-02-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-02-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-01-29** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-01-25** Held As Filed
- **2001-01-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b79e861-8598-4b1a-a72d-a5c3e55200f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).