---
type: "Bill"
title: "Var. Motor Veh. and Transport. Law Changes."
description: "Var. Motor Veh. and Transport. Law Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 201"
citation: "North Carolina SB 201 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE & REPAIR", "CAMERAS", "CHAPTERED", "COMMERCE", "CRIMES", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "FEES", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "ID SYSTEMS", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NOTARY PUBLIC", "PARKS & RECREATION AREAS", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "RECYCLING", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SBI", "SCRAP YARDS & DEALERS", "THEFT", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRAFFIC CAMERAS", "TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sawyer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 58
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-08"
last_action: "2022-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20ce2439-c1a8-4171-afd9-4bf168342fd5"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S201"
source_hash: "25bd07b19cd5e16cfa536ce55900420508fc33fd34af1d66a4a39ffb14de5b55"
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 201 (2021) — Var. Motor Veh. and Transport. Law Changes.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S201v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ABW-40-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/54107/0/S201-ABW-40-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S201v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S201v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S201v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S201v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S201v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2022-68** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S201v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sawyer — primary (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-07-08** Ch. SL 2022-68 `became-law`
- **2022-07-08** Signed by Gov. 7/8/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-01** Ratified
- **2022-07-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2022-07-01** Conf Report #2 Adopted
- **2022-07-01** Conf Report #2 Adopted
- **2022-06-30** Placed On Cal For 07/01/2022
- **2022-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 44(d)
- **2022-06-30** Conf Com #2 Reported
- **2022-06-30** Placed On Cal For 07/01/2022
- **2022-06-30** Conf Com #2 Reported
- **2022-06-30** Conf Rept Withdrawn
- **2022-06-30** Conf Rpt Withdrawn
- **2022-06-30** Conf Rpt Recon
- **2022-06-30** Conf Report Failed
- **2022-06-30** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2022-06-30** Added to Calendar
- **2022-06-30** Conf Com Reported
- **2022-06-30** Conf Com Reported
- **2022-06-15** Conf Com Appointed
- **2022-06-14** Conf Com Appointed
- **2022-06-14** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2022-06-09** Placed On Cal For 06/14/2022
- **2022-06-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2022-05-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2022-05-26** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2022-05-25** Ordered Engrossed
- **2022-05-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-05-25** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-25** Added to Calendar
- **2022-05-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2022-05-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-25** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-18** Re-ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-08-18** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-04** Re-ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-10** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-06** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-05-06** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-05-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-29** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-04-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-09** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20ce2439-c1a8-4171-afd9-4bf168342fd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).