---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Control Signs and Signals."
description: "Vehicle Control Signs and Signals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 1078"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1078 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "COMMUNICATIONS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SAFETY", "SAFETY EQUIPMENT", "SIGNS", "TRANSPORTATION", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. JENKINS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-12"
last_action: "2004-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55c27280-3a77-4bdb-b461-23a0a25e7ef7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S1078&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "de9ae7bb24dbe28337b44a72f1dbff7cf6f0a9edb5943bffa609972ef1c96ff7"
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 1078 (2003) — Vehicle Control Signs and Signals.

## 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/S1078v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1078v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1078v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1078v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2004-141** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1078v4.pdf)

## Votes

- A1 Gulley\Third Reading\M12 Suspend\Rules — **47–49** (fail) · lower
- Third Reading — **96–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-29** Ch. SL 2004-141 `became-law`
- **2004-07-29** Signed By Gov. 7/29/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-13** Pres. To Gov. 7/12/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-12** Ratified
- **2004-07-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-07-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2004
- **2004-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-14** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-14** Rec From Senate
- **2004-06-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2004-06-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-13** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55c27280-3a77-4bdb-b461-23a0a25e7ef7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).