---
type: "Bill"
title: "School Bus Cameras/Civil Penalties."
description: "School Bus Cameras/Civil Penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "North Carolina SB 55 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSES", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "EDUCATION", "EVIDENCE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TRANSPORTATION", "CHAPTERED", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "TRAFFIC CAMERAS", "CAMERAS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McInnis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62831cf5-4373-41b9-814a-20dcd8c77cea"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S55&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "620fabfad03370f7290531e3f41a23ea9f8e975a5f289eed26175c836cdd315c"
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 55 (2017) — School Bus Cameras/Civil Penalties.

## 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/S55v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S55v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S55v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S55v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2017-188** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S55v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **74–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McInnis — primary (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-25** Ch. SL 2017-188 `became-law`
- **2017-07-25** Signed by Gov. 7/25/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-30** Ratified
- **2017-06-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-28** Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017
- **2017-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-28** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-28** Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
- **2017-03-23** Ref to the Com on Judiciary I, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-03-22** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-03-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-16** Placed On Cal For 03/21/2017
- **2017-03-16** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-03-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-03-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-16** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-02-09** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62831cf5-4373-41b9-814a-20dcd8c77cea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).