---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mini-Truck Classification."
description: "Mini-Truck Classification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 179"
citation: "North Carolina HB 179 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEFINITIONS", "DMV", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "TRUCKS", "CHAPTERED", "UNREGULATED VEHICLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stevens"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8d5f794-6842-484f-b946-e3b652f02611"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H179&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "03049b6f3eafe802063e02a6adb679747d87e740667c3f0cf57ac5df5dc6d9ae"
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 179 (2019) — Mini-Truck Classification.

## 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/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H179v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H179v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H179v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2019-34** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H179v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **117–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stevens — primary (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-21** Ch. SL 2019-34 `became-law`
- **2019-06-21** Signed by Gov. 6/21/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Pres. To Gov. 6/14/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-13** Ratified
- **2019-06-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-05** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-06-05** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-21** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-03-21** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-03-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-18** Placed On Cal For 03/20/2019
- **2019-03-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-03-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Re-ref Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Commerce, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8d5f794-6842-484f-b946-e3b652f02611`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).