---
type: "Bill"
title: "Guaranteed Asset Protection Waivers."
description: "Guaranteed Asset Protection Waivers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 358"
citation: "North Carolina SB 358 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FINANCIAL SERVICES", "LEASING", "LOANS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Meredith", "Newton"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-19"
last_action: "2013-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d16abf64-0cd6-4eb5-a433-c22cbe6d5219"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S358&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "da445addfd419d2cea26028f1033542c91d59417e189ca94edcb284432a7afb6"
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 358 (2013) — Guaranteed Asset Protection Waivers.

## 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/S358v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATP-7-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/3966/0/S358-ATP-7-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S358v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S358v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S358v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S358v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S358v5.pdf)
8. **SL2013-193** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S358v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Amendment 1 — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Meredith — primary (person)
- Newton — primary (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-26** Ch. SL 2013-193 `became-law`
- **2013-06-26** Signed by Gov. 6/26/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-18** Pres. To Gov. 06/18/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-18** Ratified
- **2013-06-17** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-12** Placed On Cal For 06/17/2013
- **2013-06-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-04** Re-ref Com On Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-17** Ref to the Com on Insurance, if favorable, Judiciary Subcommittee A `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-16** Rec From Senate
- **2013-04-15** Engrossed
- **2013-04-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-15** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-11** Placed On Cal For 04/15/2013
- **2013-04-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-04-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-04-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-02** Re-ref Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-04-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** Ref to Judiciary I. If fav, re-ref to Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d16abf64-0cd6-4eb5-a433-c22cbe6d5219`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).