---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motorsports Vehicle Combination Lengths."
description: "Motorsports Vehicle Combination Lengths."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 37"
citation: "North Carolina SB 37 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INFRASTRUCTURE", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RACING", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SPORTS", "TRAILERS", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "TRUCKS", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. TILLMAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-03"
last_action: "2009-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a640595-ec54-49c1-99c5-f51270fa91fa"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S37&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7e6b32dc1979a1ab9fac8f50c2653c1c72ae79cde0019a0b8948289a67e2be58"
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 37 (2009) — Motorsports Vehicle Combination Lengths.

## 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/S37v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S37v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S37v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S37v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S37v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Rockingham — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Brunstetter — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Foriest — cosponsor (person)
- Goodall — cosponsor (person)
- Goss — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Vaughan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-03-19** Ch. SL 2009-7 `became-law`
- **2009-03-19** Signed By Gov. 3/19/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-03-18** Pres. To Gov. 3/18/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-03-17** Ratified
- **2009-03-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-12** Placed On Cal For 3/16/2009
- **2009-03-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-03-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-12** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-09** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-03-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-04** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a640595-ec54-49c1-99c5-f51270fa91fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).