---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Boating Safety/Vessel Titling Law."
description: "Amend Boating Safety/Vessel Titling Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 948"
citation: "North Carolina SB 948 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOATING", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "FISHERIES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECREATION & LEISURE", "SAFETY", "SPEED LIMIT", "TITLE CHANGE", "TITLES", "TRANSPORTATION", "WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMN.", "SEN. HOYLE", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "BOATS & WATERCRAFT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-23"
last_action: "2006-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ded08326-b6d1-4de0-b88d-274810c72145"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S948&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2d5ae125547456c9e576161b4715ac5f616f0486bfe752d2509a4d21492b0a8b"
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 948 (2005) — Amend Boating Safety/Vessel Titling Law.

## 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/S948v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S948v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S948v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S948v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S948v4.pdf)
6. **SL2006-185** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S948v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **94–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-08-03** Ch. SL 2006-185 `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 Amend #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/20/2006
- **2006-07-19** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2006-07-18** Ref to Judiciary II. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2006-07-18** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2006-07-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2006-07-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-07-13** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-11** Placed On Cal For 7/12/2006
- **2006-07-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-07** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-07** Rec From Senate
- **2006-06-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2006-06-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-08-09** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-08-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-08-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-24** Ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ded08326-b6d1-4de0-b88d-274810c72145`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).