---
type: "Bill"
title: "Auto Auctioneers-No Dealer License Needed."
description: "Auto Auctioneers-No Dealer License Needed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 692"
citation: "North Carolina HB 692 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUCTIONS", "COMMERCE", "EMPLOYMENT", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALES", "TRANSPORTATION", "REP. COLE", "REP. MITCHELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-25"
last_action: "2003-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2002fa45-0dbf-426c-aaa2-631d65702cc4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H692&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d29215e7a03bc2d8596e91b0d6a06a0ad604891141341bfa5f21eb968b45b4c1"
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 692 (2003) — Auto Auctioneers-No Dealer License Needed.

## 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/H692v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H692v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H692v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H692v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-265** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H692v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mitchell — primary (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-27** Ch. SL 2003-265 `became-law`
- **2003-06-27** Signed By Gov. 6/26/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-23** Pres. To Gov. 6/20/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-19** Ratified
- **2003-06-18** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-06-11** Placed On Cal For 6/18/2003
- **2003-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-10** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** Rec From House
- **2003-04-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-08** Placed On Cal For 4/9/2003
- **2003-04-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-26** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2002fa45-0dbf-426c-aaa2-631d65702cc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).