---
type: "Bill"
title: "DMV Handicap Placard Enforcement."
description: "DMV Handicap Placard Enforcement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 203"
citation: "North Carolina SB 203 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "DISABLED PERSONS", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "FISCAL NOTES", "ID SYSTEMS", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. D. BERGER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-17"
last_action: "2009-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da126fca-680a-4000-a296-62b890b982bd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S203&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d3f5661f8d823c4107cc223a0e213c78e01a45040ed684c8c177ed54d0c45b61"
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 203 (2009) — DMV Handicap Placard Enforcement.

## 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/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S203v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S203v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S203v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S203v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S203v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S203v5.pdf)
7. **SL2009-493** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S203v6.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **110–3** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-26** Ch. SL 2009-493 `became-law`
- **2009-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Pres. To Gov. 8/11/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Ratified
- **2009-08-10** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-08-07** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-08-07** Placed On Cal For 8/10/2009
- **2009-08-07** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-08-07** Placed On Cal For 8/7/2009
- **2009-08-07** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-08-07** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-08-07** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-08-07** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/7/2009
- **2009-08-06** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-08-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-06** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-06** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-07-06** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-12** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-18** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da126fca-680a-4000-a296-62b890b982bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).