---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicle Inspection Changes."
description: "Motor Vehicle Inspection Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 509"
citation: "North Carolina SB 509 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DMV", "ENVIRONMENT", "INSPECTIONS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. BROWN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-05"
last_action: "2007-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d96b99ba-d747-4a93-9283-13a20d2f0904"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S509&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c38932716ceb719d39d12dab1114370fc68c8a53e94bc9b247fa5fcbbf6f3894"
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 509 (2007) — Motor Vehicle Inspection Changes.

## 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/S509v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S509v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S509v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S509v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S509v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S509v5.pdf)
7. **SL2007-364** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S509v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **95–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Rockingham — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Brunstetter — cosponsor (person)
- Goodall — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Jacumin — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Pittenger — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-17** Ch. SL 2007-364 `became-law`
- **2007-08-17** Signed By Gov. 8/17/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-02** Pres. To Gov. 8/3/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-02** Ratified
- **2007-08-02** Conf Report Adopted
- **2007-08-02** Conf Report Adopted
- **2007-08-02** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2007
- **2007-08-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2007-08-02** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2007
- **2007-08-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2007-08-02** Conf Com Appointed
- **2007-08-01** Conf Com Appointed
- **2007-08-01** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2007-08-01** Placed On Cal For 8/1/2007
- **2007-08-01** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-08-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-08-01** Suspend Rules for Third Reading
- **2007-08-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-31** Placed On Cal For 8/1/2007
- **2007-07-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-25** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-29** Ref to the Com on Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-05-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-16** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-05-14** Placed On Cal For 5/16/2007
- **2007-05-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-05-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-05-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-06** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d96b99ba-d747-4a93-9283-13a20d2f0904`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).