---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law Enforcement/Emergency Vehicle Length."
description: "Law Enforcement/Emergency Vehicle Length."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 741"
citation: "North Carolina HB 741 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPROPRIATIONS", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "BUDGET & MANAGEMENT OFFICE", "BUDGETING", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "CRIMES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "FRAUD", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "JUSTICE DEPT.", "LABORATORIES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEDICAID", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "OCCUPATIONS", "POVERTY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "SOCIAL SERVICES", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TAXATION", "TEACHERS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "STATE HEALTH PLAN", "REP. BARNHART", "CHAPTERED", "REP. STAM", "EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT", "EXPENDITURE CONTROL COMPLIANCE COMM."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnhart"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-06"
last_action: "2012-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02291c2b-b953-4bf4-9938-0ca3fa7f2bc6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H741&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c4ccec96893db83a1c4857252d776956bf2b9d72f9cfe7a19e8fe7ebf36a2de2"
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 741 (2011) — Law Enforcement/Emergency Vehicle Length.

## 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/H741v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H741v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H741v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H741v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H741v4.pdf)
6. **SL2012-33** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H741v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **119–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barnhart — primary (person)
- Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Ingle — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-20** Ch. SL 2012-33 `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
- **2012-06-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-06** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2012-06-06** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-13** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-13** Rec From House
- **2011-06-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-06-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/8/2011
- **2011-06-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-06-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-06** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-06** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-04-07** Ref To Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02291c2b-b953-4bf4-9938-0ca3fa7f2bc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).