---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limit Storage Duration for Damaged Vehicle."
description: "Limit Storage Duration for Damaged Vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 345"
citation: "North Carolina SB 345 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FEES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STORAGE SYSTEMS", "TOWING", "TRANSPORTATION", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-19"
last_action: "2015-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efa9ec9e-e78e-4953-b111-c4a4b7b0cbd3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S345&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "795e2a8ec20777aaaae1bf999a75dccfc7e914bb2efc37e3ff6dff9575e4b65c"
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 345 (2015) — Limit Storage Duration for Damaged Vehicle.

## 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/S345v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S345v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S345v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S345v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S345v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S345v5.pdf)
7. **SL2015-188** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S345v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Meredith — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-08-05** Ch. SL 2015-188 `became-law`
- **2015-08-05** Signed by Gov. 8/5/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-30** Pres. To Gov. 07/30/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-29** Ratified
- **2015-07-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-28** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-27** Placed On Cal For 07/28/2015
- **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
- **2015-07-21** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-07-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-15** Placed On Cal For 07/21/2015
- **2015-07-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-07-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-06-15** Re-ref Com On Judiciary IV `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-30** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-30** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-04-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-21** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-04-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-15** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-25** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary II. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-23** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efa9ec9e-e78e-4953-b111-c4a4b7b0cbd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).