---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Motor Vehicle Dealer Laws."
description: "Clarify Motor Vehicle Dealer Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 413"
citation: "North Carolina SB 413 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "TRANSPORTATION", "WARRANTIES", "CHAPTERED", "AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE & REPAIR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-28"
last_action: "2017-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1389dd70-52d4-4324-9cb2-d75dc5266a32"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S413&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ab21ddd88e6a7a5dd79d0e486036676cb64f11e9de83a001b4885566a636c446"
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 413 (2017) — Clarify Motor Vehicle Dealer Laws.

## 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/S413v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S413v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S413v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S413v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S413v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2017-148** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S413v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Britt — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Horner — cosponsor (person)
- Woodard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-20** Ch. SL 2017-148 `became-law`
- **2017-07-20** Signed by Gov. 7/20/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-27** Ratified
- **2017-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-26** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-23** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2017
- **2017-06-23** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2017-06-22** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **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
- **2017-06-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-15** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-08** Re-ref to the Com on Commerce and Job Development, if favorable, 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`
- **2017-04-24** Placed On Cal For 04/24/2017
- **2017-04-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-04-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. 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/1389dd70-52d4-4324-9cb2-d75dc5266a32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).