---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify MV Dealer Franchise Laws."
description: "Clarify MV Dealer Franchise Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1527"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1527 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "DMV", "FRANCHISES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "REP. COLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-20"
last_action: "2005-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3b6fc16-f897-448c-8f43-0075c8e4e9e1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1527&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a5db7b66c5b7af988209c054c55fbe135b81913baf47b9d8bc01be1d77ca8652"
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 1527 (2005) — Clarify MV Dealer Franchise Laws.

## 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/H1527v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1527v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1527v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1527v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1527v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-409** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1527v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **114–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Almond — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Capps — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Church — cosponsor (person)
- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Culp — cosponsor (person)
- Current — cosponsor (person)
- Daughtridge — cosponsor (person)
- Daughtry — cosponsor (person)
- Dickson — cosponsor (person)
- Eddins — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Goforth — cosponsor (person)
- Haire — cosponsor (person)
- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Holliman — cosponsor (person)
- Hollo — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Sauls — cosponsor (person)
- Saunders — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Sherrill — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)
- Steen — cosponsor (person)
- Stiller — cosponsor (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Walend — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-20** Ch. SL 2005-409 `became-law`
- **2005-09-20** Signed By Gov. 9/20/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-24** Pres. To Gov. 8/24/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-23** Ratified
- **2005-08-23** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-22** Placed On Cal For 8/23/2005
- **2005-08-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-22** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-08-16** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2005-08-16** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-08-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-12** Placed On Cal For 8/12/2005
- **2005-08-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-08-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-01** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-01** Rec From House
- **2005-05-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-27** Placed On Cal For 5/31/2005
- **2005-05-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3b6fc16-f897-448c-8f43-0075c8e4e9e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).