---
type: "Bill"
title: "No Drinking in EMS & Law Enforcement Vehicles."
description: "No Drinking in EMS & Law Enforcement Vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 532"
citation: "North Carolina HB 532 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "CRIMES", "DWI", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES", "EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elmore", "McNeill"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-02"
last_action: "2013-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed09a3a2-c5ad-4efd-8d21-b79630219542"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H532&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "6162069e6000a06c0dae92014ca04425bba9f45057a992d7d376939b33f7a8f6"
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 532 (2013) — No Drinking in EMS & Law Enforcement Vehicles.

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H532v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H532v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H532v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H532v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-105** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H532v4.pdf)

## Votes

- SECOND READING — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elmore — primary (person)
- McNeill — primary (person)
- Baskerville — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hanes — cosponsor (person)
- Hollo — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Brawley — cosponsor (person)
- Ramsey — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-12** Ch. SL 2013-105 `became-law`
- **2013-06-12** Signed by Gov. 6/12/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-06** Pres. To Gov. 6/6/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-05** Ratified
- **2013-06-04** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-30** Placed On Cal For 06/04/2013
- **2013-05-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-07** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-07** Rec From House
- **2013-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-02** Placed On Cal For 05/06/2013
- **2013-05-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-04** Ref To Com On Judiciary Subcommittee B `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed09a3a2-c5ad-4efd-8d21-b79630219542`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).