---
type: "Bill"
title: "Automatic License Plate Readers."
description: "Automatic License Plate Readers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 182"
citation: "North Carolina SB 182 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "DMV", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "ID SYSTEMS", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES", "TRAFFIC CAMERAS", "CAMERAS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barefoot", "McKissick"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-04"
last_action: "2015-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46ddcacc-440b-4a46-9167-4be0293910b9"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S182&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7da2ed6a316ed40ae4c2bde4de3fce86df32db59ebbb788fadf5dbcd3d1a9181"
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 182 (2015) — Automatic License Plate Readers.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S182v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARW-30-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/5729/0/S182-ARW-30-V-1)
3. **A2: ASU-37-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/5727/0/S182-ASU-37-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S182v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S182v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S182v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S182v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S182v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S182v6.pdf)
10. **SL2015-190** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S182v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **106–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barefoot — primary (person)
- McKissick — primary (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-08-05** Ch. SL 2015-190 `became-law`
- **2015-08-05** Signed by Gov. 8/5/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-31** Pres. To Gov. 07/31/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-30** Ratified
- **2015-07-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-29** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-27** Placed On Cal For 07/29/2015
- **2015-07-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-07-23** Placed On Cal For 07/27/2015
- **2015-07-23** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-07-22** Placed On Cal For 07/23/2015
- **2015-07-22** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2015-07-22** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-07-21** Ordered Engrossed
- **2015-07-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-21** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-21** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-20** Placed On Cal For 07/21/2015
- **2015-07-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-07-16** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-07-15** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-15** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-06-30** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary IV, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-30** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Judiciary IV, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-29** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-29** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-28** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2015-04-28** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-04-27** Placed On Cal For 04/29/2015
- **2015-04-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-04-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-15** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46ddcacc-440b-4a46-9167-4be0293910b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).