---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motorcycle Insurance Rates."
description: "Motorcycle Insurance Rates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 729"
citation: "North Carolina SB 729 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "DEFINITIONS", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "LIABILITY", "INSURANCE", "MOTOR VEHICLE", "MOTORCYCLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REINSURANCE FACILITY BOARD", "REPORTING", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. CARRINGTON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-28"
last_action: "2001-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaca7510-85ae-44f8-a310-bb2e45135f54"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S729&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "abbba8706511baa747b2141d244a3672bd0129f094e430188d4e0d09725e47f5"
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 729 (2001) — Motorcycle Insurance Rates.

## 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/S729v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S729v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S729v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S729v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S729v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-389** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S729v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 6\To Reconsider — **45–3** (pass) · upper
- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carrington — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-26** Ch. SL 2001-389 `became-law`
- **2001-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-16** Pres. To Gov. 8/16/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-15** Ratified
- **2001-08-14** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-14** Reconsidered Concurrence
- **2001-08-14** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2001-08-13** Placed On Cal For 8/14/2001
- **2001-08-13** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-08-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-09** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-08-08** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/7/2001
- **2001-07-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-07-11** Re-ref Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-07-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-26** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-18** Re-ref Com On Insurance and Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-03-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eaca7510-85ae-44f8-a310-bb2e45135f54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).