---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vintage Auto Inspections."
description: "Vintage Auto Inspections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 344"
citation: "North Carolina SB 344 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DMV", "INSPECTIONS", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLES", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-18"
last_action: "2013-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb5d2d7a-1f26-4b2e-9b02-1291ff12dbbd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S344&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1c49006c95fb101eaca04bd2a8c4c1451981a67a8e0f57e9378b355e7af56d26"
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 344 (2013) — Vintage Auto Inspections.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S344v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AME-16-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/4221/0/S344-AME-16-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S344v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S344v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S344v3.pdf)
6. **SL2013-349** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S344v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-23** Ch. SL 2013-349 `became-law`
- **2013-07-23** Signed by Gov. 7/23/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-16** Pres. To Gov. 07/16/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-15** Ratified
- **2013-07-11** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-10** Postponed To 07/11/2013
- **2013-07-09** Placed On Cal For 07/10/2013
- **2013-07-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-07-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-23** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-22** Rec From Senate
- **2013-04-18** Engrossed
- **2013-04-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-18** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-16** Placed On Cal For 04/18/2013
- **2013-04-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-04-10** Placed On Cal For 04/16/2013
- **2013-04-10** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-04-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-19** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb5d2d7a-1f26-4b2e-9b02-1291ff12dbbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).