---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal Wheel Lock Authorization."
description: "Municipal Wheel Lock Authorization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 57"
citation: "North Carolina SB 57 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "FEES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TRANSPORTATION", "SEN. BALLANTINE", "YADKIN COUNTY", "NEW HANOVER COUNTY", "CAROLINA BEACH", "WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH", "CHAPTERED", "YADKINVILLE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-13"
last_action: "2003-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/925373d2-66b7-4c7a-925b-45fa6bfcf90b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S57&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cacd5b58ca71d5724167bd4ad5dee733a0cb57088e43b6dd6f89ca1dcc529fc5"
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 57 (2003) — Municipal Wheel Lock Authorization.

## 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/S57v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S57v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S57v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S57v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S57v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S57v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S57v6.pdf)
8. **SL 2003-240** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S57v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballantine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-24** Ch. SL 2003-240 `became-law`
- **2003-06-24** Ratified
- **2003-06-23** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2003-06-19** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2003-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/19/2003
- **2003-06-18** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-06-11** Amends Ruled Material
- **2003-06-11** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-10** Placed On Cal For 6/11/2003
- **2003-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-22** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-01** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-01** Rec From Senate
- **2003-03-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-03-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-03-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-02-17** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/925373d2-66b7-4c7a-925b-45fa6bfcf90b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).