---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles Law Changes."
description: "Motor Vehicles Law Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1729"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1729 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DMV", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "FEES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FOREST PRODUCTS", "FORESTRY", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TIMBER", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "REP. COLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 11
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-05-13"
last_action: "2010-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b3abb6b-2f38-4c51-8689-ee5eb5558e43"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1729&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0f7a3ffea9e3ebdb79ce61206d1ba4691db08b267ef0e0158a27a25961977c1d"
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 1729 (2009) — Motor Vehicles 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/House/PDF/H1729v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATD-87-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1272/0/H1729-ATD-87-V-4)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1729v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1729v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1729v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1729v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1729v5.pdf)
8. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1729v6.pdf)
9. **Edition 7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1729v7.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1729v8.pdf)
11. **SL2010-132** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1729v9.pdf)

## Votes

- Amendment 1 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **105–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-21** Ch. SL 2010-132 `became-law`
- **2010-07-21** Signed By Gov. 7/21/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-09** Pres. To Gov. 7/9/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-09** Ratified
- **2010-07-08** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2010
- **2010-07-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-07-08** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-07-07** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2010-07-07** Rec To Concur S Com Sub 2
- **2010-07-06** Engrossed
- **2010-07-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-07-06** Amend Adopted # 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/6/2010
- **2010-07-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-07-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-24** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-22** Ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-22** Rec From House
- **2010-06-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-06-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-06-16** Placed On Cal For 6/17/2010
- **2010-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-16** Reptd Fav Com Sub 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-15** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2010-06-10** Postponed To 6/15/2010
- **2010-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/10/2010
- **2010-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-27** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-17** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b3abb6b-2f38-4c51-8689-ee5eb5558e43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).