---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit Counterfeit/Nonfunctional Airbags."
description: "Prohibit Counterfeit/Nonfunctional Airbags."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 546"
citation: "North Carolina HB 546 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CRIMES", "FRAUD", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SAFETY", "SAFETY EQUIPMENT", "CHAPTERED", "AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE & REPAIR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland", "Faircloth", "R. Turner"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-02"
last_action: "2019-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acace649-673f-4031-8977-277842c5b201"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H546&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "26ebdebe52f3d7915282f7acbb6c3a9007796d25ab447e1279bba8bd930820a6"
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 546 (2019) — Prohibit Counterfeit/Nonfunctional Airbags.

## 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/H546v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H546v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H546v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H546v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H546v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H546v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2019-155** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H546v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cleveland — primary (person)
- Faircloth — primary (person)
- R. Turner — primary (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- C. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McNeill — cosponsor (person)
- Quick — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Zachary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-07-22** Ch. SL 2019-155 `became-law`
- **2019-07-22** Signed by Gov. 7/22/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-12** Pres. To Gov. 7/12/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-11** Ratified
- **2019-07-10** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-07-10** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **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** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-08** Placed On Cal For 07/09/2019
- **2019-07-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-02** Placed On Cal For 07/08/2019
- **2019-07-02** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2019-07-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-26** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-24** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-24** 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 Com Sub 2 `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 Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Ref to the Com on Judiciary, 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/acace649-673f-4031-8977-277842c5b201`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).