---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motorcycle Insurance Discount/Military."
description: "Motorcycle Insurance Discount/Military."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 1044"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1044 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "MOTOR VEHICLE", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MOTORCYCLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "TRANSPORTATION", "CHAPTERED", "REP. COOK", "REP. SHEPARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shepard"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-05-22"
last_action: "2012-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/326fd877-2be1-4ee3-b691-1bc869d3a08b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H1044&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5316042ca3b5cabcbf8f841ac7300b9b48cd424e968746e3ab4c8d3aed0f3562"
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 HB 1044 (2011) — Motorcycle Insurance Discount/Military.

## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H1044v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H1044v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H1044v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H1044v3.pdf)
5. **SL2012-176** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H1044v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shepard — primary (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Murry — cosponsor (person)
- Parfitt — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-07-12** Ch. SL 2012-176 `became-law`
- **2012-07-12** Signed By Gov. 7/12/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-29** Ratified
- **2012-06-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2012
- **2012-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-26** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2012-06-21** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-06-21** Rec From House
- **2012-06-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-19** Placed On Cal For 6/20/2012
- **2012-06-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-23** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-05-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/326fd877-2be1-4ee3-b691-1bc869d3a08b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).