---
type: "Bill"
title: "Auto Insurance/Diminution in Value."
description: "Auto Insurance/Diminution in Value."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 660"
citation: "North Carolina SB 660 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "MOTOR VEHICLE", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. RUCHO"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-18"
last_action: "2009-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f3d9f1b-4190-4091-9065-dbabd8e96cc6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S660&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "24ca5287e018617be1fd033f11e3f4de7946215097b89daa80b5c73a04cbfd9a"
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 660 (2009) — Auto Insurance/Diminution in Value.

## 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/S660v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARG-46-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1982/0/S660-ARG-46-V-1)
3. **A2: ARG-47-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1983/0/S660-ARG-47-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S660v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S660v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S660v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S660v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S660v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S660v6.pdf)
10. **SL2009-440** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S660v7.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **105–2** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodall — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-07** Ch. SL 2009-440 `became-law`
- **2009-08-07** Signed By Gov. 8/7/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-04** Pres. To Gov. 8/4/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-03** Ratified
- **2009-07-30** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-07-30** Conf Report Adopted
- **2009-07-29** Placed On Cal For 7/30/2009
- **2009-07-29** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-07-29** Placed On Cal For 7/30/2009
- **2009-07-29** Conf Com Reported
- **2009-07-28** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-07-27** Conf Com Appointed
- **2009-07-27** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2009-07-23** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2009
- **2009-07-23** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-07-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-07-16** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-15** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-14** Placed On Cal For 7/15/2009
- **2009-07-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-14** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-29** Re-ref Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-18** Ref to the Com on Judiciary III, if favorable, Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-19** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f3d9f1b-4190-4091-9065-dbabd8e96cc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).