---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"In God We Trust\" Special Plates."
description: "\"In God We Trust\" Special Plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 1144"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1144 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "BUDGETING", "DMV", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "FUNDING", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "SEN. THOMAS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. APODACA", "SEN. HOLLOMAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-05-17"
last_action: "2004-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f37cbef8-8c92-463b-8773-651c72bae040"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S1144&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c51ef90dbc5f69faac261333e8825b187a43248760b4f42cfc02a2b80c89c051"
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 1144 (2003) — "In God We Trust" Special Plates.

## 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/S1144v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1144v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1144v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1144v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2004-131** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1144v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **110–4** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **108–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Hargett — cosponsor (person)
- Holloman — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Sloan — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-29** Ch. SL 2004-131 `became-law`
- **2004-07-29** Signed By Gov. 7/29/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-12** Pres. To Gov. 7/9/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-08** Ratified
- **2004-07-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2004-07-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2004
- **2004-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-08** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-08** Rec From Senate
- **2004-06-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-02** Com Amend Adpt & Engross # 1
- **2004-06-02** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-18** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f37cbef8-8c92-463b-8773-651c72bae040`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).