---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Public Vehicular Area."
description: "Clarify Public Vehicular Area."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 438"
citation: "North Carolina SB 438 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "DWI", "EDUCATION", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SIGNS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "SEN. CARTER", "SEN. HORTON", "SEN. DALTON", "SEN. GARROU", "SEN. HAGAN", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-12"
last_action: "2001-10-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afb41f26-e8ec-407c-84aa-de9895a02c9f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S438&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "718635fe8fb22df88eec341115dd55be0416e7a6156dacc28dc3432b952f80e7"
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 438 (2001) — Clarify Public Vehicular Area.

## 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/S438v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S438v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S438v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S438v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S438v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-441** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S438v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **42–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-15** Ch. SL 2001-441 `became-law`
- **2001-10-15** Signed By Gov. 10/15/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-08** Pres. To Gov. 10/5/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-10-04** Ratified
- **2001-10-03** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2001-10-02** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2001-10-01** Placed On Cal For 10/2/2001
- **2001-10-01** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-09-27** Placed On Cal For 10/1/2001
- **2001-09-27** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-09-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-09-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-09-21** Placed On Cal For 9/25/2001
- **2001-09-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-09-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-08-21** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-08-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-07-24** Ref to the Com on Judiciary III and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-24** Rec From Senate
- **2001-07-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-07-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-07-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-06-13** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-13** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afb41f26-e8ec-407c-84aa-de9895a02c9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).