---
type: "Bill"
title: "Stock Car Racing Theme Special Plates."
description: "Stock Car Racing Theme Special Plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 754"
citation: "North Carolina SB 754 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DMV", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RACING", "RATIFIED", "SPORTS", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "SEN. HOYLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-02"
last_action: "2004-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee92029d-950c-4086-ba4b-ad059e5c4433"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S754&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2350e081545ec941b78e50fe95c0b4952132b438d67ff1e5ccf87060243388c7"
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 754 (2003) — Stock Car Racing Theme 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/S754v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S754v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S754v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S754v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2004-185** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S754v4.pdf)

## Votes

- A1 Luebke\Third Reading — **34–69** (fail) · lower
- Third Reading — **90–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Ballantine — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Carrington — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Holloman — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Pittenger — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-12** Ch. SL 2004-185 `became-law`
- **2004-08-12** Signed By Gov. 8/11/2004 `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`
- **2004-07-09** Amend Failed #1 `amendment-failure`
- **2004-07-08** Postponed To 7/9/2004
- **2004-07-07** 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`
- **2004-06-23** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-23** Rec From Senate
- **2004-06-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-06-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2004-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-03** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee92029d-950c-4086-ba4b-ad059e5c4433`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).