---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Fleet Clarification."
description: "Motor Fleet Clarification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 971"
citation: "North Carolina HB 971 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "CHAPTERED", "STATE PROPERTY", "MOTOR FLEET"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-04-26"
last_action: "2016-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee4c1466-0e3e-4c36-8639-f54cdec73a27"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H971&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8174df4cbcf9d24c4cb2ea562a530e970509f68d4f2725bd7c4bed92becdd66f"
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 971 (2015) — Motor Fleet Clarification.

## 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/H971v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H971v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H971v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H971v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2016-29** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H971v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cleveland — primary (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-22** Ch. SL 2016-29 `became-law`
- **2016-06-22** Signed by Gov. 6/22/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-06-21** Pres. To Gov. 6/21/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-06-20** Ratified
- **2016-06-16** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-05-16** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-05-16** Special Message Received From House
- **2016-05-11** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2016-05-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-05-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-11** Added to Calendar
- **2016-05-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2016-05-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-04-27** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee4c1466-0e3e-4c36-8639-f54cdec73a27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).