---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit Extreme Pricing Practices."
description: "Prohibit Extreme Pricing Practices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1231"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1231 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "DEATH & DYING", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "DMV", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. STEEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-13"
last_action: "2006-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5deaffc4-d4f5-46fd-830a-5a718458bc43"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1231&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ffdbb5a36f0a40e82abbc9a64afb8704c35db2350980700d854a92f0a6766a8e"
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 HB 1231 (2005) — Prohibit Extreme Pricing Practices.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1231v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1231v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1231v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1231v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1231v4.pdf)
6. **SL2006-245** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1231v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steen — primary (person)
- Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Saunders — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Stiller — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-08-15** Ch. SL 2006-245 `became-law`
- **2006-08-15** Signed By Gov. 8/15/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-20** Pres. To Gov. 7/20/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-20** Ratified
- **2006-07-19** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2006
- **2006-07-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-18** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-07-12** Ref To Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2006-07-12** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2006-07-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2006-07-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-07-10** Re-ref Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2006-07-10** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-08-24** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-08-24** Rec From House
- **2005-08-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-23** Placed On Cal For 8/23/2005
- **2005-08-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-14** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5deaffc4-d4f5-46fd-830a-5a718458bc43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).