---
type: "Bill"
title: "Aggregate Truck Weight Limits."
description: "Aggregate Truck Weight Limits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 1043"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1043 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "FINES & PENALTIES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SHIPPING", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRUCKS", "SEN. GARWOOD", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. JENKINS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-10"
last_action: "2004-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9dd7cf77-c4c0-4779-b999-d1e36814d679"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S1043&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "525919a773da5d21639739f1fd582b6d39fdbf53026157d8068d256a235afdf6"
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 1043 (2003) — Aggregate Truck Weight Limits.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1043v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1043v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1043v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1043v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1043v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2004-145** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1043v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **95–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-29** Ch. SL 2004-145 `became-law`
- **2004-07-29** Signed By Gov. 7/29/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-14** Pres. To Gov. 7/13/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-13** Ratified
- **2004-07-12** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/12/2004
- **2004-07-09** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2004-07-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-07-08** Postponed To 7/9/2004
- **2004-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2004
- **2004-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-28** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-28** Rec From Senate
- **2004-06-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2004-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-11** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9dd7cf77-c4c0-4779-b999-d1e36814d679`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).