---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicle Repair and Franchise Changes."
description: "Motor Vehicle Repair and Franchise Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1227"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1227 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "DEFINITIONS", "FEES", "FRANCHISES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. EDDINS", "CHAPTERED", "AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE AND REPAIR", "REP. COLEMAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coleman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-04-13"
last_action: "2005-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5640b99d-767c-4c00-a6b9-a9a99987bb70"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1227&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cb8d666e998b319d9f93b8507ba130b497ecd4d98526c2166dea21f25a38306a"
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 1227 (2005) — Motor Vehicle Repair and Franchise Changes.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1227v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1227v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1227v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1227v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-463** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1227v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **93–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Coleman — primary (person)
- Eddins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-10-03** Ch. SL 2005-463 `became-law`
- **2005-10-03** Became Law w/o Signature
- **2005-08-23** Pres. To Gov. 8/23/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-23** Ratified
- **2005-08-22** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-18** Placed On Cal For 8/22/2005
- **2005-08-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-15** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-08-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-08-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-06** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-06** Rec From House
- **2005-06-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-01** Placed On Cal For 6/1/2005
- **2005-06-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-14** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5640b99d-767c-4c00-a6b9-a9a99987bb70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).