---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notify Law Enforcement of Towed Vehicles."
description: "Notify Law Enforcement of Towed Vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 626"
citation: "North Carolina HB 626 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCY SERVICES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NOTIFICATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TOWING", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moffitt", "Setzer", "Torbett"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-09"
last_action: "2013-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61895c11-437b-432c-adc7-69adfb5a3a81"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H626&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b9a5e49800506c89ca8de0802beadf5c19412d1eb08af89c4cab786cffee663e"
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 626 (2013) — Notify Law Enforcement of Towed Vehicles.

## 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/H626v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H626v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H626v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H626v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H626v4.pdf)
6. **SL2013-241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H626v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Moffitt — primary (person)
- Setzer — primary (person)
- Torbett — primary (person)
- Brandon — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- D. Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Ramsey — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-03** Ch. SL 2013-241 `became-law`
- **2013-07-03** Signed by Gov. 7/3/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-25** Pres. To Gov. 6/25/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-24** Ratified
- **2013-06-20** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-20** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-19** Placed On Cal For 06/20/2013
- **2013-06-19** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-06-18** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-06-18** Rec From Senate
- **2013-06-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-13** Placed On Cal For 06/17/2013
- **2013-06-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-14** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-14** Rec From House
- **2013-05-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-13** Added to Calendar
- **2013-05-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-10** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61895c11-437b-432c-adc7-69adfb5a3a81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).