---
type: "Bill"
title: "Intrastate Motor Carrier Markings."
description: "Intrastate Motor Carrier Markings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 261"
citation: "North Carolina HB 261 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SHIPPING", "TRUCKS", "REP. MCCOMAS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-03-08"
last_action: "2012-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd88368d-e655-4205-a789-d7ae9f2de4f9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H261&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4a2e13c5b17e4831740a57123b1d78b5ecb2fc236de8b54e8a122ee56fffd1e5"
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 261 (2011) — Intrastate Motor Carrier Markings.

## 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/H261v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AME-152-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/6539/0/H261-AME-152-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H261v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H261v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H261v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H261v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H261v5.pdf)
8. **SL2012-41** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H261v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McComas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-20** Ch. SL 2012-41 `became-law`
- **2012-06-20** Signed By Gov. 6/20/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-13** Ratified
- **2012-06-12** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-11** Placed On Cal For 6/12/2012
- **2012-06-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-11** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2012-06-08** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-07** Engrossed
- **2012-06-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-07** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-06-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-04** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-31** Rec From House
- **2011-03-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-29** Placed On Cal For 3/30/2011
- **2011-03-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-03-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-09** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd88368d-e655-4205-a789-d7ae9f2de4f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).