---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dealer Loaners/Unmanned Aircraft/Brunswick Co."
description: "Dealer Loaners/Unmanned Aircraft/Brunswick Co."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 446"
citation: "North Carolina SB 446 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AIRCRAFT", "AVIATION", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COMMERCE", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "DMV", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "FRANCHISES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "LAKES & RIVERS", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "WATER RESOURCES", "BRUNSWICK COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE & REPAIR", "BOATS & WATERCRAFT", "CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER", "UNMANNED AIRCRAFT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-25"
last_action: "2015-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0068106-9013-4f9a-979b-9ba96902873b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S446&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "3f18f77dfc57ced471b8b5b9ca4824b62be01ab089c27998e61637e7653c10b6"
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 446 (2015) — Dealer Loaners/Unmanned Aircraft/Brunswick Co.

## 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/S446v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASA-145-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/6127/0/S446-ASA-145-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S446v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S446v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S446v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S446v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S446v5.pdf)
8. **SL2015-232** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S446v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **106–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-08-25** Ch. SL 2015-232 `became-law`
- **2015-08-25** Signed by Gov. 8/25/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-21** Pres. To Gov. 08/21/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-08-20** Ratified
- **2015-08-19** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-08-19** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-18** Placed On Cal For 08/19/2015
- **2015-08-18** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-08-17** Placed On Cal For 08/18/2015
- **2015-08-17** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2015-08-13** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-08-13** Ordered Engrossed
- **2015-08-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-08-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-08-13** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-12** Placed On Cal For 08/13/2015
- **2015-08-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-08-11** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-07-28** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-28** Rule 38b
- **2015-07-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-07-16** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-16** 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** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-30** Special Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-30** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0068106-9013-4f9a-979b-9ba96902873b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).