---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulate Transportation Network Companies."
description: "Regulate Transportation Network Companies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 541"
citation: "North Carolina SB 541 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "DMV", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "EMPLOYMENT", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "TAXATION", "TAXIS", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELESERVICES", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rabon"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-26"
last_action: "2015-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b6a1b5e-6b90-4b6c-a802-ce0728657e19"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S541&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "92c60c974cb1003d3ca6ad985484533fe51299e3d9af6900977c0a4a06ab2c20"
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 541 (2015) — Regulate Transportation Network Companies.

## 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/S541v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S541v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S541v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S541v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S541v4.pdf)
6. **SL2015-237** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S541v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **109–2** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **112–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rabon — primary (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Tarte — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-09-04** Ch. SL 2015-237 `became-law`
- **2015-09-04** Signed by Gov. 9/4/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-01** Pres. To Gov. 09/01/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-08-31** Ratified
- **2015-08-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-08-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-08-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-08-25** Placed On Cal For 08/26/2015
- **2015-08-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-08-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-08-11** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-07-28** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-07-28** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-07-27** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-07-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-07-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-07-01** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-07-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-09** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-30** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b6a1b5e-6b90-4b6c-a802-ce0728657e19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).