---
type: "Bill"
title: "Traffic & Personal Safety Changes/Protests."
description: "Traffic & Personal Safety Changes/Protests."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 563"
citation: "North Carolina HB 563 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES", "CRIMES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MOTORCYCLES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SAFETY", "SAFETY EQUIPMENT", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "REP. SUTTON", "CHAPTERED", "REP. STILLER", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sutton"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-07"
last_action: "2007-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecb98577-0932-49e8-b515-fd644f4681af"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H563&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0fca6b85a24a59ade0ba90c93a8d3fdc5270bd5131ece403fd3f69c81568acba"
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 563 (2007) — Traffic & Personal Safety Changes/Protests.

## 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/H563v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H563v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H563v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H563v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H563v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H563v5.pdf)
7. **SL2007-360** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H563v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **80–34** (pass) · lower
- Motion 2\Prev Question — **43–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sutton — primary (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Stiller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-17** Ch. SL 2007-360 `became-law`
- **2007-08-17** Signed By Gov. 8/17/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-23** Pres. To Gov. 7/23/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-23** Ratified
- **2007-07-19** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2007
- **2007-07-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-18** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-07-17** Engrossed
- **2007-07-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-17** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-07-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-09** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-09** Rec From House
- **2007-05-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-05-08** Amend Failed 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2007-05-08** Amend Failed 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2007-05-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-02** Placed On Cal For 5/3/2007
- **2007-04-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-04-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-12** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ecb98577-0932-49e8-b515-fd644f4681af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).