---
type: "Bill"
title: "MV Dealer Doc. Retention/Inspection/Format."
description: "MV Dealer Doc. Retention/Inspection/Format."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 594"
citation: "North Carolina HB 594 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "DMV", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "SALES & CONVEYANCES", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hurley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-02"
last_action: "2016-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffb6e7ee-4aa2-4b61-853f-dd27eaee8cc8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H594&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "fbe663f0a086a84460ae56cf95ef1aebf6d3c302a62fdcc31fb24b2475c6bf69"
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 594 (2015) — MV Dealer Doc. Retention/Inspection/Format.

## 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H594v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H594v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H594v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H594v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2016-74** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H594v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hurley — primary (person)
- Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-30** Ch. SL 2016-74 `became-law`
- **2016-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-06-29** Ratified
- **2016-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-27** Placed On Cal For 06/28/2016
- **2016-06-27** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2016-06-27** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2016-06-27** Special Message Sent To House
- **2016-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2016-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-05** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-23** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-23** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-22** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-09** Ref To Com On Commerce and Job Development `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffb6e7ee-4aa2-4b61-853f-dd27eaee8cc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).