---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify/Auto Dealers Regulatory Req."
description: "Clarify/Auto Dealers Regulatory Req."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 385"
citation: "North Carolina SB 385 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COMMERCE", "EMPLOYMENT", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "SALES & CONVEYANCES", "CHAPTERED", "MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/524065fa-2ab1-4656-9f79-969499ef9a2e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S385&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8ff07878676091eb17b9be49bc59cc165e32391863ce74de86ee8c7791c89646"
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 385 (2019) — Clarify/Auto Dealers Regulatory Req.

## 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/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S385v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S385v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S385v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S385v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S385v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2019-181** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S385v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Britt — cosponsor (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-26** Ch. SL 2019-181 `became-law`
- **2019-07-26** Signed by Gov. 7/26/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-18** Ratified
- **2019-07-16** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-16** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-15** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2019-07-12** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-07-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-10** Placed On Cal For 07/11/2019
- **2019-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-07-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-13** Re-ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-09** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2019-05-08** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-05-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-28** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/524065fa-2ab1-4656-9f79-969499ef9a2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).