---
type: "Bill"
title: "Registration and Length Exemptions."
description: "Registration and Length Exemptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 738"
citation: "North Carolina SB 738 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "COMMERCE", "DEFINITIONS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LEASING", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SHIPPING", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRUCKS", "SEN. SWINDELL", "CHAPTERED", "AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-13"
last_action: "2007-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fec8dc4-a6ff-4ca0-aba8-8b7967810b15"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S738&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7a719b3786b79815e74fc2bdaedfd40c908e875c8e160a968e9ab296d2b19672"
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 738 (2007) — Registration and Length Exemptions.

## 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/S738v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S738v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S738v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S738v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-194** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S738v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-08** Ch. SL 2007-194 `became-law`
- **2007-07-08** Signed By Gov. 7/8/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-29** Ratified
- **2007-06-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2007
- **2007-06-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-30** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-15** Ref to the Com on Agriculture and, if favorable, to the Com on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-05-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-05-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-14** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1fec8dc4-a6ff-4ca0-aba8-8b7967810b15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).