---
type: "Bill"
title: "Abandoned Vehicles/Charities."
description: "Abandoned Vehicles/Charities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 412"
citation: "North Carolina SB 412 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHARITABLE DONATIONS", "CORPORATIONS", "NONPROFIT", "CRIMES", "DMV", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SALES & CONVEYANCES", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELESERVICES", "TITLE CHANGE", "TITLES", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT", "ABANDONED PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-28"
last_action: "2018-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37ab3f05-7bcb-4f3f-b1c1-f598e4500252"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S412&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "eac0a679ff992802eacae8d082f5836ca614c4bd3415fcf3fc3a9c6cb7251f53"
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 412 (2017) — Abandoned Vehicles/Charities.

## 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/S412v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASU-46-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/6872/0/S412-ASU-46-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S412v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S412v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S412v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S412v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S412v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2018-43** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S412v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **110–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-22** Ch. SL 2018-43 `became-law`
- **2018-06-22** Signed by Gov. 6/22/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-14** Ratified
- **2018-06-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-14** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-14** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2018-06-13** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2018-06-13** Ordered Engrossed
- **2018-06-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-13** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-12** Placed On Cal For 06/13/2018
- **2018-06-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-05** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-08** Re-ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-26** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-04-26** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-04-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25** Placed on Today's Supplemental Calendar
- **2017-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24** 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
- **2017-03-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37ab3f05-7bcb-4f3f-b1c1-f598e4500252`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).