---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create New Titling Categories."
description: "Create New Titling Categories."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 820"
citation: "North Carolina SB 820 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DMV", "FISCAL NOTES", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "TITLES", "SEN. D. BERGER", "SEN. HARTSELL", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-24"
last_action: "2009-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17e3190e-dd9d-4b55-901b-49871a53327d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S820&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "58925994b4ca53115a4384bbe2b99527a01d6872b97e1b625e24531be5cfef98"
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 820 (2009) — Create New Titling Categories.

## 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/S820v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMA-23-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/2131/0/S820-AMA-23-V-4)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S820v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S820v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S820v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S820v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S820v5.pdf)
8. **SL2009-405** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S820v6.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Berger of Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-05** Ch. SL 2009-405 `became-law`
- **2009-08-05** Signed By Gov. 8/5/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-29** Pres. To Gov. 7/29/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-28** Ratified
- **2009-07-27** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-23** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2009
- **2009-07-23** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-07-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-22** Placed On Cal For 7/23/2009
- **2009-07-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-08** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-19** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-05-14** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-25** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17e3190e-dd9d-4b55-901b-49871a53327d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).