---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulation of Fully Autonomous Vehicles."
description: "Regulation of Fully Autonomous Vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 469"
citation: "North Carolina HB 469 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTMENTS", "COMMITTEES", "DMV", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MEMBERSHIP", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SPEAKER", "TITLES", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES", "AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE COMM."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shepard"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-23"
last_action: "2017-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58b94186-2c10-46f1-b8f9-da38ec8ee3f5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H469&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d3816aaea3ef177d936ec101b381f247b62926555d0741d76baf65fd2f8d3ef5"
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 469 (2017) — Regulation of Fully Autonomous Vehicles.

## 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/H469v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARW-39-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4902/0/H469-ARW-39-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H469v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H469v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H469v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H469v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H469v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H469v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2017-166** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H469v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **114–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shepard — primary (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Saine — cosponsor (person)
- Torbett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-21** Ch. SL 2017-166 `became-law`
- **2017-07-21** Signed by Gov. 7/21/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-28** Ratified
- **2017-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-27** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-27** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-27** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2017-06-27** Special Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-26** Engrossed
- **2017-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-26** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2017
- **2017-06-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-20** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-14** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-14** Sequential Referral To Rules and Operations of the Senate Added
- **2017-06-14** Sequential Referral To Judiciary Added
- **2017-06-14** Sequential Referral To Rules and Operations of the Senate Stricken
- **2017-05-16** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-26** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-26** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-24** Placed On Cal For 04/25/2017
- **2017-04-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-24** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-27** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58b94186-2c10-46f1-b8f9-da38ec8ee3f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).