---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit Use of Light Bars on Motor Vehicles."
description: "Prohibit Use of Light Bars on Motor Vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 182"
citation: "North Carolina SB 182 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SAFETY", "TRANSPORTATION", "CHAPTERED", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-06"
last_action: "2017-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d03380b-e092-4c1c-9dc9-ea8443dbcb1b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S182&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bdc39cac83aa992ebd817e6f587e7c8e669a8a71e77e267864f043b4c5ce62d1"
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 182 (2017) — Prohibit Use of Light Bars on Motor 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/Senate/PDF/S182v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARW-41-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/5014/0/S182-ARW-41-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S182v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S182v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S182v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S182v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2017-112** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S182v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **45–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-12** Ch. SL 2017-112 `became-law`
- **2017-07-12** Signed by Gov. 7/12/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29** Ratified
- **2017-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-28** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-28** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2017-06-28** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-06-27** Ordered Engrossed
- **2017-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-27** Amendment Ruled Out of Order A2
- **2017-06-27** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2017
- **2017-06-22** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-21** Placed On Cal For 06/22/2017
- **2017-06-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-20** Placed On Cal For 06/21/2017
- **2017-06-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-08** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-26** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-25** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-04-25** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-04-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-20** Placed On Cal For 04/24/2017
- **2017-04-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-07** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d03380b-e092-4c1c-9dc9-ea8443dbcb1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).