---
type: "Bill"
title: "Union County/Use Wheel Locks."
description: "Union County/Use Wheel Locks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 276"
citation: "North Carolina SB 276 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "COUNTIES", "CRIMES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PARKING & PARKING STRUCTURES", "PROPERTY", "PROPERTY-LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES", "UNION COUNTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e7a2fa3-4c37-4ee2-80d9-1fc6a76fa5f3"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S276"
source_hash: "bdf32fb9e9e5da969fa6b705dfb7f045c86c71b9affd8d7565e6125b649ebcbb"
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 276 (2023) — Union County/Use Wheel Locks.

## 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/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S276v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S276v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S276v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2023-21** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S276v3.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-25** Ch. SL 2023-21 `became-law`
- **2023-05-25** Ratified
- **2023-05-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-05-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-23** Placed On Cal For 05/24/2023
- **2023-05-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-05-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-23** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-22** Re-ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-30** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-03-29** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-03-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-13** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e7a2fa3-4c37-4ee2-80d9-1fc6a76fa5f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).