---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Expiration of Vehicle Registration."
description: "Clarify Expiration of Vehicle Registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 27"
citation: "North Carolina HB 27 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DMV", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clampitt", "Grange", "Strickland"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/734d268a-88b5-4036-80f5-02dd4078ed7c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H27&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f189da21e3bc2a09e7d988d101ab9eff94c548871a8f5e0f3ab138eaa199831b"
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 27 (2017) — Clarify Expiration of Vehicle Registration.

## 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/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H27v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H27v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H27v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H27v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2017-96** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H27v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clampitt — primary (person)
- Grange — primary (person)
- Strickland — primary (person)
- Bert Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Dulin — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Potts — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-12** Ch. SL 2017-96 `became-law`
- **2017-07-12** Signed by Gov. 7/12/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-26** Ratified
- **2017-06-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-21** Placed On Cal For 06/22/2017
- **2017-06-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-19** Placed On Cal For 06/21/2017
- **2017-06-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-15** Placed On Cal For 06/19/2017
- **2017-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-24** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-22** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-02-23** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-02-23** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-02-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** Placed On Cal For 02/22/2017
- **2017-02-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-02-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-01** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/734d268a-88b5-4036-80f5-02dd4078ed7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).