---
type: "Bill"
title: "North Carolina 'Quick Clearance' Act."
description: "North Carolina 'Quick Clearance' Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1140"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1140 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CRIME CONTROL DEPT.", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SAFETY", "SHIPPING", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "TRUCKS", "REP. ALLRED", "REP. COATES", "LIABILITY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allred"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-09"
last_action: "2003-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8aaacd1-9671-441c-aa5a-bf37c418c2ee"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1140&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6e66bb5752770214df8a5b792550d4479faf8b658fa7a90a1fb7f167a3d6abcc"
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 HB 1140 (2003) — North Carolina 'Quick Clearance' Act.

## 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/House/PDF/H1140v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1140v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1140v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1140v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1140v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1140v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2003-310** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1140v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allred — primary (person)
- Coates — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-14** Ch. SL 2003-310 `became-law`
- **2003-07-14** Signed By Gov. 7/10/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-07** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-30** Ratified
- **2003-06-29** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2003
- **2003-06-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-19** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-06-12** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-12** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-06-10** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-10** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-06-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-04** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-06-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-01** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Rec From House
- **2003-04-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-30** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-30** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-24** Placed On Cal For 4/28/2003
- **2003-04-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-10** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8aaacd1-9671-441c-aa5a-bf37c418c2ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).