---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend MV Dealer Franchise Laws."
description: "Amend MV Dealer Franchise Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 470"
citation: "North Carolina SB 470 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "FISCAL NOTES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MANUFACTURING", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "SALES", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. CARTER", "SEN. DALTON", "SEN. HOYLE", "SEN. PLYLER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-14"
last_action: "2002-01-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d336544-b948-434a-88fc-d5e9e203b714"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S470&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6b09b51bdad6cf2e188910c548e35535a49e1ef0d756a937ad0c97b378fe7e9e"
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 470 (2001) — Amend MV Dealer Franchise Laws.

## 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/S470v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S470v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S470v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S470v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S470v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-510** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S470v6.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Ballantine — cosponsor (person)
- Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Martin of Pitt — cosponsor (person)
- Plyler — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw of Cumberland — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw of Guilford — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Wellons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-01-04** Ch. SL 2001-510 `became-law`
- **2002-01-04** Signed By Gov. 1/4/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2001-12-06** Pres. To Gov. 12/6/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-12-05** Ratified
- **2001-12-05** Conf Report Adopted
- **2001-12-05** Conf Report Adopted
- **2001-12-04** Placed On Cal For 12/5/2001
- **2001-12-04** Conf Com Reported
- **2001-12-04** Conf Rpt Recon/withdrawn
- **2001-12-04** Conf Com Reported
- **2001-12-04** Placed On Cal For 12/5/2001
- **2001-12-04** Conf Com Reported
- **2001-10-17** Conf Com Appointed
- **2001-10-04** Conf Com Appointed
- **2001-09-19** Conf Com Appointed
- **2001-09-18** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2001-09-10** Placed On Cal For 9/18/2001
- **2001-09-10** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-09-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-09-06** Amend Failed #2 `amendment-failure`
- **2001-09-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-09-04** Amend Failed #1 `amendment-failure`
- **2001-09-03** Placed On Cal For 9/4/2001
- **2001-08-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-08-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-08-15** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2001-08-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-08-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-08-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-25** Placed On Cal For 4/25/2001
- **2001-04-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-15** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d336544-b948-434a-88fc-d5e9e203b714`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).