---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alpha Kappa Alpha License Plate."
description: "Alpha Kappa Alpha License Plate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 482"
citation: "North Carolina HB 482 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "DMV", "EDUCATION", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. ADAMS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. PARMON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-12"
last_action: "2003-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/266e81a6-f015-450f-928c-7f91ea1ab967"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H482&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "900a1b83831037b8838432a54282f69b0e7a6ceab9c5930f2ff0fb104e40faee"
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 482 (2003) — Alpha Kappa Alpha License Plate.

## 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/H482v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H482v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H482v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H482v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-10** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H482v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **107–4** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-04-14** Ch. SL 2003-10 `became-law`
- **2003-04-14** Signed By Gov. 4/10/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-04-10** Pres. To Gov. 4/10/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-04-10** Ratified
- **2003-04-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-09** Placed On Cal For 4/9/2003
- **2003-04-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-31** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Rec From House
- **2003-03-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-03-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-25** Placed On Cal For 3/26/2003
- **2003-03-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-03-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-13** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/266e81a6-f015-450f-928c-7f91ea1ab967`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).