---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify HUT & Improve Vehicle Titling Process."
description: "Clarify HUT & Improve Vehicle Titling Process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 326"
citation: "North Carolina SB 326 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEFINITIONS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TAXATION", "TITLES", "TRANSPORTATION", "RECORDS", "TAXES", "HIGHWAY USE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tillman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-21"
last_action: "2017-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8bbf470-4126-4c65-b0a6-0534e4b0b3b3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S326&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "16b002a2db68654f411a4baa6c97dcf7ee4b46093530c95e8209afcd0a2365a0"
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 326 (2017) — Clarify HUT & Improve Vehicle Titling Process.

## 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/S326v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASTF-35-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4470/0/S326-ASTF-35-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S326v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S326v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S326v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S326v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2017-69** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S326v5.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **116–2** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt For Adoption Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tillman — primary (person)
- Meredith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-28** Ch. SL 2017-69 `became-law`
- **2017-06-28** Signed by Gov. 6/28/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-22** Pres. To Gov. 6/22/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-21** Ratified
- **2017-06-20** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-20** Conf Report Adopted 3rd
- **2017-06-19** Conf Report Adopted
- **2017-06-19** Conf Report Passed 2nd
- **2017-06-15** Placed On Cal For 06/19/2017
- **2017-06-15** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-06-15** Placed On Cal For 06/19/2017
- **2017-06-15** Conf Held As Material
- **2017-06-15** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-06-12** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-12** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-06** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2017-06-05** Placed On Cal For 06/06/2017
- **2017-06-05** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2017-06-02** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-06-01** Ordered Engrossed
- **2017-06-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-01** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-30** Placed On Cal For 06/01/2017
- **2017-05-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-30** Placed On Cal For 05/30/2017
- **2017-05-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-05-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-05-26** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-05-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-05-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-22** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-05-15** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-05-12** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-05-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-09** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-13** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-04** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-22** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8bbf470-4126-4c65-b0a6-0534e4b0b3b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).