---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Motor Vehicle Franchise Laws."
description: "Clarify Motor Vehicle Franchise Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 403"
citation: "North Carolina HB 403 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "COMMERCE", "CONTRACTS", "FRANCHISES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Jones"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-24"
last_action: "2021-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3877099-86ff-4433-98a4-fbfab8c8b906"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H403"
source_hash: "ee45bac1359cb738302b72d790d4d26a76ca1273a2265af69c31c7e324470acf"
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 403 (2021) — Clarify Motor Vehicle Franchise Laws.

## 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/H403v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H403v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H403v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H403v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H403v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2021-147** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H403v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Jones — primary (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-09-10** Ch. SL 2021-147 `became-law`
- **2021-09-10** Signed by Gov. 9/10/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-01** Pres. To Gov. 9/1/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-09-01** Ratified
- **2021-08-31** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-08-31** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-08-31** Added to Calendar
- **2021-08-31** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-08-30** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2021-08-30** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-08-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-08-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-08-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-24** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-08-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-07** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-05-07** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Placed On Cal For 05/06/2021
- **2021-05-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-05-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3877099-86ff-4433-98a4-fbfab8c8b906`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).