---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utility Vehicles Regulation/Certain Towns."
description: "Utility Vehicles Regulation/Certain Towns."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 23"
citation: "North Carolina HB 23 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AVERY COUNTY", "BANNER ELK", "CHAPTERED", "COUNTIES", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL ORDINANCES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "ROWAN COUNTY", "SESSION LAWS", "SPENCER", "UNREGULATED VEHICLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/767855a2-f42f-4382-9f9c-3ea8af1c1b82"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H23"
source_hash: "dd0a110b23af29eea447d614e96d53697b3b8067d61b2ec683b31903794ab395"
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 HB 23 (2021) — Utility Vehicles Regulation/Certain Towns.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H23v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H23v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H23v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H23v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H23v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2021-97** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H23v5.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-26** Ch. SL 2021-97 `became-law`
- **2021-07-26** Ratified
- **2021-07-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-07-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-07-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-07-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-30** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-02** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-27** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-18** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-03-18** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-03-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** Placed On Cal For 03/17/2021
- **2021-03-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-03-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-16** Re-ref Com On Judiciary 2 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-01** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/767855a2-f42f-4382-9f9c-3ea8af1c1b82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).