---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special Registration Plates."
description: "Special Registration Plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 295"
citation: "North Carolina SB 295 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUDGETING", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "DMV", "EDUCATION", "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "FUNDING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NURSING", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "TUITION", "SEN. PURCELL", "SEN. THOMAS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-04"
last_action: "2003-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c2d3ea6-6c83-4048-80f7-b930744dca23"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S295&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d0292ce261f0d25075b19a445d322865c7a8c43606c48c403fb0328bcf44330e"
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 295 (2003) — Special Registration 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/S295v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S295v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S295v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S295v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S295v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S295v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2003-68** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S295v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballantine — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Sloan — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-05-23** Ch. SL 2003-68 `became-law`
- **2003-05-23** Signed By Gov. 5/20/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-05-19** Pres. To Gov. 5/16/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-15** Ratified
- **2003-05-14** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2003-05-13** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2003-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2003
- **2003-05-12** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-05-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-05-07** Placed On Cal For 5/8/2003
- **2003-05-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-05** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-05-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-30** Placed On Cal For 5/1/2003
- **2003-04-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-03** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-03** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-01** Engrossed
- **2003-04-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-01** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-03-26** Placed On Cal For 4/1/2003
- **2003-03-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-03-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-05** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c2d3ea6-6c83-4048-80f7-b930744dca23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).