---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Fine for Vehicle Removal."
description: "Increase Fine for Vehicle Removal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 8"
citation: "North Carolina SB 8 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FINES & PENALTIES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TOWING", "CHAPTERED", "PARKING & PARKING STRUCTURES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-01-30"
last_action: "2013-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fe23d23-8a5c-4945-99ac-baf90c4a36e7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S8&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d4430e43ae461340bdf10872d734ad73b1cce53ee0336a61cd601fa84a1950e0"
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 8 (2013) — Increase Fine for Vehicle Removal.

## 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/S8v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S8v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S8v2.pdf)
4. **SL2013-190** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S8v3.pdf)

## Votes

- SECOND READING — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **107–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Meredith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-26** Ch. SL 2013-190 `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- **2013-06-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-06-06** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-27** Ref to the Com on Government, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-26** Rec From Senate
- **2013-03-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-03-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-01-31** Ref To Com On Finance `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/2fe23d23-8a5c-4945-99ac-baf90c4a36e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).