---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify MV Franchise Laws/Termination Assist."
description: "Clarify MV Franchise Laws/Termination Assist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 913"
citation: "North Carolina SB 913 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "FRANCHISES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "TRANSPORTATION", "SEN. HOYLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-25"
last_action: "2009-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/206ee9a9-b7d4-4ec8-bd4f-e458370f8552"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S913&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "67ff2eef45e8cbd74fe61b709f786e9aab4fb25a74759b21ce626d5889780b59"
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 913 (2009) — Clarify MV Franchise Laws/Termination Assist.

## 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/S913v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASU-19-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/2288/0/S913-ASU-19-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S913v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S913v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S913v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S913v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S913v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S913v6.pdf)
9. **SL2009-338** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S913v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Jacumin — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Vaughan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-24** Ch. SL 2009-338 `became-law`
- **2009-07-24** Signed By Gov. 7/24/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-16** Pres. To Gov. 7/16/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-15** Ratified
- **2009-07-14** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/14/2009
- **2009-07-13** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-08** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-07** Postponed To 7/8/2009
- **2009-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2009
- **2009-07-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-06** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-25** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-18** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Judiciary III `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`
- **2009-03-26** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/206ee9a9-b7d4-4ec8-bd4f-e458370f8552`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).