---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various Changes in Motor Vehicle Laws.-AB"
description: "Various Changes in Motor Vehicle Laws.-AB"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 368"
citation: "North Carolina SB 368 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CRIME CONTROL DEPT.", "CRIMES", "DMV", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "SHIPPING", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. JENKINS", "SEN. SNOW", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-03"
last_action: "2009-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80095275-0a65-425c-bbcd-94d5c29b5ddc"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S368&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a74abf2f985f1ba16ebc6d6941e71f0cb857d06e3e6ea8bfbec4a770d3016257"
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 368 (2009) — Various Changes in Motor Vehicle Laws.-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/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S368v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATD-12-V-8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1746/0/S368-ATD-12-V-8)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S368v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S368v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S368v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S368v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S368v5.pdf)
8. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S368v6.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S368v7.pdf)
10. **SL2009-376** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S368v8.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–4** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-31** Ch. SL 2009-376 `became-law`
- **2009-07-31** Signed By Gov. 7/31/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-24** Pres. To Gov. 7/24/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-23** Ratified
- **2009-07-23** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-22** Placed On Cal For 7/23/2009
- **2009-07-22** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-07-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-20** Placed On Cal For 7/21/2009
- **2009-07-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-20** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-02** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-14** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-12** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-11** Placed On Cal For 5/12/2009
- **2009-05-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-05-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-22** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-04-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-04** Ref to Commerce. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80095275-0a65-425c-bbcd-94d5c29b5ddc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).