---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various Motor Vehicle Law Changes."
description: "Various Motor Vehicle Law Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 749"
citation: "North Carolina SB 749 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "BOARDS", "COMMERCE", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FEES", "FERRIES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PRODUCE", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SHIPPING", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELEPHONES", "TITLE CHANGE", "TOLL ROADS & BRIDGES", "TRAILERS", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "TRUCKS", "RECORDS", "TURNPIKE AUTHORITY BOARD", "CHAPTERED", "AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT", "SEN. ROUZER", "CELLULAR PHONES", "SEN. RABON", "SEN. TUCKER", "CASH CROPS", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rabon", "Tucker"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-19"
last_action: "2012-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/522fa993-5212-48c6-96ce-bb30e4319040"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S749&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9b36f992ce7dd16317edb87dfd0fe133d51759496e254a7764d3f1bb15e08b53"
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 749 (2011) — Various Motor Vehicle Law Changes.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S749v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AME-164-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7013/0/S749-AME-164-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S749v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S749v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S749v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S749v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S749v5.pdf)
8. **SL2012-78** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S749v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **102–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rabon — primary (person)
- Tucker — primary (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Goolsby — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Rouzer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-06-26** Ch. SL 2012-78 `became-law`
- **2012-06-26** Signed By Gov. 6/26/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-21** Pres. To Gov. 6/21/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-21** Ratified
- **2012-06-21** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-20** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2012
- **2012-06-20** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2012-06-19** Ordered Engrossed
- **2012-06-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2012-06-19** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-06-14** Postponed To 6/18/2012
- **2012-06-13** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2012
- **2012-06-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-07** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-05-16** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-28** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-04-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-20** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/522fa993-5212-48c6-96ce-bb30e4319040`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).