---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify MV Franchise Laws/Dealer Termination."
description: "Clarify MV Franchise Laws/Dealer Termination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1351"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1351 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "DISABLED PERSONS", "FRANCHISES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALES", "TRANSPORTATION", "WARRANTIES", "SEN. HOYLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-21"
last_action: "2007-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9087deb-1dbb-4217-8d58-ac2681206952"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1351&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f934dbe6672dee4c37c4efbbd13ef407a103e8ba7144340afe2c77d0a63705aa"
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 1351 (2007) — Clarify MV Franchise Laws/Dealer Termination.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1351v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1351v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1351v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1351v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1351v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1351v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1351v6.pdf)
8. **SL2007-513** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1351v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Rockingham — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- East — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Jacumin — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-30** Ch. SL 2007-513 `became-law`
- **2007-08-30** Signed By Gov. 8/30/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-31** Pres. To Gov. 7/31/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-31** Ratified
- **2007-07-30** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-27** Placed On Cal For 7/28/2007
- **2007-07-27** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-07-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-26** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-24** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-23** Placed On Cal For 7/24/2007
- **2007-07-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-30** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-30** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2007-05-29** Ref to the Com on Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship and, if favorable, to the Com on Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-23** Engrossed
- **2007-05-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-05-23** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-05-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-26** Ref To Com On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9087deb-1dbb-4217-8d58-ac2681206952`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).