---
type: "Bill"
title: "Strengthen Laws/Vehicle Theft."
description: "Strengthen Laws/Vehicle Theft."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 26"
citation: "North Carolina HB 26 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "ORGANIZED CRIME", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RECYCLING", "THEFT", "TRANSPORTATION", "CHAPTERED", "SCRAP YARDS & DEALERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-01-30"
last_action: "2013-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38604488-b5ac-4d25-8882-4da8210e0c4a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H26&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "58f13914abb240e7673570221c008dfb00c176b02749435f2122f8496eb750d7"
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 26 (2013) — Strengthen Laws/Vehicle Theft.

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H26v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARK-40-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/5060/0/H26-ARK-40-V-1)
3. **A1: ARK-67-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/6741/0/H26-ARK-67-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H26v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H26v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H26v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H26v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H26v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H26v6.pdf)
10. **SL2013-323** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H26v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Amendment 1 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Murry — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- T. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-23** Ch. SL 2013-323 `became-law`
- **2013-07-23** Signed by Gov. 7/23/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-16** Pres. To Gov. 7/16/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-15** Ratified
- **2013-07-11** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-11** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-11** Added to Calendar
- **2013-07-11** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-07-11** Rec From Senate
- **2013-07-10** Engrossed
- **2013-07-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-10** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-09** Placed On Cal For 07/10/2013
- **2013-07-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-06-18** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-14** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-14** Rec From House
- **2013-05-13** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-05-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-13** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-09** Placed On Cal For 05/13/2013
- **2013-05-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-01-31** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee C `referral-committee`
- **2013-01-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-01-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38604488-b5ac-4d25-8882-4da8210e0c4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).