---
type: "Bill"
title: "Handicapped & Special Registration Plates."
description: "Handicapped & Special Registration Plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 449"
citation: "North Carolina HB 449 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "COUNTIES", "DISABLED PERSONS", "DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS", "DMV", "DOMESTIC ANIMALS", "FEES", "GUARDIANSHIP", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "NEW HANOVER COUNTY", "WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH", "CHAPTERED", "FAMILY ISSUES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Iler"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-25"
last_action: "2019-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/087aa5e6-b525-4293-a7cd-13f0196342f2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H449&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2fac90e089cbc5a5994bc13651f444bbd6c95bfa0c827764986405f0fd3c86f3"
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 449 (2019) — Handicapped & Special Registration Plates.

## 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/H449v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/5459/0/H449-A-NBC-5932)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H449v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H449v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H449v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H449v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H449v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2019-213** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H449v6.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Iler — primary (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Humphrey — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Russell — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Torbett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-09-04** Ch. SL 2019-213 `became-law`
- **2019-09-04** Signed by Gov. 9/4/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-28** Pres. To Gov. 8/28/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-28** Ratified
- **2019-08-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-08-28** Conf Report Adopted
- **2019-08-27** Placed On Cal For 08/28/2019
- **2019-08-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 44(d)
- **2019-08-27** Conf Com Reported
- **2019-08-27** Conf Report Adopted
- **2019-08-26** Placed On Cal For 08/27/2019
- **2019-08-26** Conf Com Reported
- **2019-08-06** Conf Com Appointed
- **2019-07-10** Conf Com Appointed
- **2019-07-10** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2019-07-09** Placed On Cal For 07/10/2019
- **2019-07-09** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2019-07-09** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2019-07-09** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-07-09** Engrossed
- **2019-07-09** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-09** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-07-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-08** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-07-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-07-01** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-04-17** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-04-17** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-04-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Added to Calendar
- **2019-04-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/087aa5e6-b525-4293-a7cd-13f0196342f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).