---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify MV Dealer Franchise Rights."
description: "Clarify MV Dealer Franchise Rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 914"
citation: "North Carolina SB 914 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "FRANCHISES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MANUFACTURING", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "SEN. HOYLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-25"
last_action: "2009-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c7e85e2-9ef0-46c2-a6f3-298ef53792a2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S914&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ac1491be0a7022b1b271456faaec19fd6a0f7fd1ae2d259c4dc4ff6574d30eb1"
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 914 (2009) — Clarify MV Dealer Franchise Rights.

## 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/S914v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASU-22-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/2293/0/S914-ASU-22-V-4)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S914v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S914v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S914v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S914v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S914v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S914v6.pdf)
9. **SL2009-496** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S914v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **107–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **39–0** (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.

- **2009-08-26** Ch. SL 2009-496 `became-law`
- **2009-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Pres. To Gov. 8/11/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Ratified
- **2009-08-07** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/7/2009
- **2009-08-06** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-08-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-08-06** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-06** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-08-05** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-08-05** 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/1c7e85e2-9ef0-46c2-a6f3-298ef53792a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).