---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Length Limits for Transit Buses."
description: "Increase Length Limits for Transit Buses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 514"
citation: "North Carolina HB 514 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "REP. SAUNDERS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-06"
last_action: "2007-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/322faee7-9f43-4811-be94-b5eade35dca1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H514&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b313d27997325da97e1080aeb69d0a426d567aa1c267ecedacfb79ee9c76dacc"
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 514 (2007) — Increase Length Limits for Transit Buses.

## 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H514v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H514v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H514v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H514v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H514v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-499** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H514v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Killian — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Saunders — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-30** Ch. SL 2007-499 `became-law`
- **2007-08-30** Signed By Gov. 8/30/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-25** Pres. To Gov. 7/25/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-25** Ratified
- **2007-07-24** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-23** Placed On Cal For 7/24/2007
- **2007-07-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-23** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-07-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-19** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-28** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** Rec From House
- **2007-03-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-03-26** Placed On Cal For 3/27/2007
- **2007-03-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-03-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-07** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/322faee7-9f43-4811-be94-b5eade35dca1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).