---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Registration/Inspection Changes.-AB"
description: "Vehicle Registration/Inspection Changes.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1787"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1787 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DMV", "INSPECTIONS", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. JENKINS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-20"
last_action: "2008-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fdfc258-cfd6-44e7-bfb9-c607a23086ff"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1787&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "dabf2b7f0a7cfe73e1f0471e98d15bbc4492b0dab6623de9ceafc712841b1edb"
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 1787 (2007) — Vehicle Registration/Inspection Changes.-AB

## 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/S1787v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1787v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1787v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1787v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1787v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1787v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1787v6.pdf)
8. **SL2008-190** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1787v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **110–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-08-08** Ch. SL 2008-190 `became-law`
- **2008-08-08** Signed By Gov. 8/8/2008 `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-16** Pres. To Gov. 7/15/2008 `executive-receipt`
- **2008-07-15** Ratified
- **2008-07-14** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2008
- **2008-07-10** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2008-07-10** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-10** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2008
- **2008-07-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-07-02** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2008-07-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-07-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2008-07-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-07-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-21** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fdfc258-cfd6-44e7-bfb9-c607a23086ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).