---
type: "Bill"
title: "Red Light Exception for Motorcycles."
description: "Red Light Exception for Motorcycles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1359"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1359 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BICYCLES", "CRIMES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MOTORCYCLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "SEN. ALLRAN", "CHAPTERED", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-21"
last_action: "2007-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df0ff117-aaef-47b2-95e8-a89be8f36357"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1359&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cb95c6dab06ae3dbd2fb360dcd5b7384f1456359af9253a48863b97095db749c"
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 1359 (2007) — Red Light Exception for Motorcycles.

## 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/S1359v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1359v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1359v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1359v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1359v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1359v5.pdf)
7. **SL2007-260** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1359v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\M8 Re-Refer\Transportation — **69–40** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **61–55** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Goodall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-23** Ch. SL 2007-260 `became-law`
- **2007-07-23** Signed By Gov. 7/23/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-16** Pres. To Gov. 7/13/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-12** Ratified
- **2007-07-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-10** Postponed To 7/11/2007
- **2007-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2007
- **2007-07-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-25** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-06-21** Postponed To 6/25/2007
- **2007-06-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/20/2007
- **2007-06-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-23** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-21** Engrossed
- **2007-05-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-05-21** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-05-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-25** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-04-25** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `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/df0ff117-aaef-47b2-95e8-a89be8f36357`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).