---
type: "Bill"
title: "Staggered Plates/Safety Inspection Change."
description: "Staggered Plates/Safety Inspection Change."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 1083"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1083 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "DMV", "FISCAL NOTES", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. JENKINS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-12"
last_action: "2004-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e48bb63-82aa-4058-b6c1-d645704976fd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S1083&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a37a3eb3f0b19c40bf59b99a6ed917b254a6e5dd52c9f5a059bfc0e533db24c0"
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 1083 (2003) — Staggered Plates/Safety Inspection Change.

## 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/S1083v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1083v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1083v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1083v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2004-167** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1083v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-02** Ch. SL 2004-167 `became-law`
- **2004-08-02** Signed By Gov. 8/2/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-17** Pres. To Gov. 7/16/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-16** Ratified
- **2004-07-15** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2004
- **2004-07-14** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2004-07-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-07-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-07-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-30** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `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** Reptd Fav `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/7e48bb63-82aa-4058-b6c1-d645704976fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).