---
type: "Bill"
title: "Used Motor Vehicle Dealer Courses."
description: "Used Motor Vehicle Dealer Courses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 729"
citation: "North Carolina SB 729 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "INTEREST", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "LOANS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "SALES", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "SEN. HOYLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-21"
last_action: "2006-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0b896f9-62e5-4798-a6c3-538fdd95fbd6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S729&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e12d754e50818e3da5d98ab0ce6637d0b17fd0bf92f381000a4b982ff77fd9bb"
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 729 (2005) — Used Motor Vehicle Dealer Courses.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S729v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S729v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S729v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S729v3.pdf)
5. **SL2006-191** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S729v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-08-03** Ch. SL 2006-191 `became-law`
- **2006-08-03** Signed By Gov. 8/3/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-21** Pres. To Gov. 7/20/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-20** Ratified
- **2006-07-20** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/20/2006
- **2006-07-19** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2006-07-18** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2006-07-18** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2006-07-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2006
- **2006-07-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-02** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-02** Rec From Senate
- **2005-06-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-05-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-26** Placed On Cal For 5/31/2005
- **2005-05-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-22** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0b896f9-62e5-4798-a6c3-538fdd95fbd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).