---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicle Size and Weight Law Changes."
description: "Motor Vehicle Size and Weight Law Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 1000"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1000 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "COMMERCE", "HOUSING", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SAFETY", "SHIPPING", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRAILERS", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "TRUCKS", "UTILITIES", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. JENKINS", "MANUFACTURED HOMES", "AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-25"
last_action: "2009-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f564f525-deeb-4fa9-908f-e4bd78bb3c55"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S1000&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ae7d8ddb320180880fc4309fe7edf9957995de5d9e42695019a124708d90007a"
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 1000 (2009) — Motor Vehicle Size and Weight Law 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/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1000v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1000v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1000v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1000v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1000v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-128** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1000v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-19** Ch. SL 2009-128 `became-law`
- **2009-06-19** Signed By Gov. 6/19/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/12/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-11** Ratified
- **2009-06-10** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/10/2009
- **2009-06-09** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-06-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-04** Postponed To 6/8/2009
- **2009-06-03** Placed On Cal For 6/4/2009
- **2009-06-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-27** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-18** Ref to the Com on Agriculture, if favorable, Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-26** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f564f525-deeb-4fa9-908f-e4bd78bb3c55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).