---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alt. Hwy Use Tax Vehicle Subscriptions."
description: "Alt. Hwy Use Tax Vehicle Subscriptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 537"
citation: "North Carolina HB 537 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LEASING", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "TAXATION", "TRANSPORTATION", "TAXES", "HIGHWAY USE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conrad", "Howard", "Setzer"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-02"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ba67b39-7e66-4447-957e-7ff6487bcc44"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H537&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a3aef3801c056ef48b86b730b1451070ac6d19638d5039d5f5de562e9806eb03"
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 537 (2019) — Alt. Hwy Use Tax Vehicle Subscriptions.

## 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/H537v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2019/4948/0/H537-A-NBC-5874)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H537v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H537v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H537v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H537v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H537v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H537v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2019-69** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H537v7.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conrad — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Setzer — primary (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- D. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hardister — cosponsor (person)
- Lambeth — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-01** Ch. SL 2019-69 `became-law`
- **2019-07-01** Signed by Gov. 7/1/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-26** Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-25** Ratified
- **2019-06-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-06-24** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-21** Placed On Cal For 06/24/2019
- **2019-06-21** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2019-06-20** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2019-06-20** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2019-06-19** Engrossed
- **2019-06-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-19** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-13** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-05** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-06-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** 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 Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ba67b39-7e66-4447-957e-7ff6487bcc44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).