republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2003/sb-1144.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

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Bill	"In God We Trust" Special Plates.	"In God We Trust" Special Plates.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2003	SB 1144	North Carolina SB 1144 (2003)	bill	ARMED FORCES BUDGETING DMV FEES FISCAL NOTES FUNDING LICENSE PLATES LICENSES & PERMITS MOTOR VEHICLES PRESENTED PUBLIC RATIFIED TRANSPORTATION DEPT. SEN. THOMAS CHAPTERED SEN. APODACA SEN. HOLLOMAN	enacted		5	16	2	2004-05-17	2004-07-29	openstates	ocd-bill/f37cbef8-8c92-463b-8773-651c72bae040	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S1144&votesToView=all	c51ef90dbc5f69faac261333e8825b187a43248760b4f42cfc02a2b80c89c051	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina SB 1144 (2003) — "In God We Trust" Special Plates.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Edition 2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
5. SL 2004-131 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 110–4 (pass) · lower
• Second Reading — 108–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Albertson — cosponsor (person)
• Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
• Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
• Dalton — cosponsor (person)
• Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
• Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
• Foxx — cosponsor (person)
• Garrou — cosponsor (person)
• Hargett — cosponsor (person)
• Holloman — cosponsor (person)
• Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
• Kerr — cosponsor (person)
• Lucas — cosponsor (person)
• Malone — cosponsor (person)
• Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
• Purcell — cosponsor (person)
• Rand — cosponsor (person)
• Sloan — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Swindell — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Tillman — cosponsor (person)
• Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
• White — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-07-29 Ch. SL 2004-131 became-law
• 2004-07-29 Signed By Gov. 7/29/2004 executive-signature
• 2004-07-12 Pres. To Gov. 7/9/2004 executive-receipt
• 2004-07-08 Ratified
• 2004-07-07 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2004-07-06 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2004-07-01 Placed On Cal For 7/2/2004
• 2004-06-28 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2004-06-28 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2004-06-08 Ref To Com On Finance referral-committee
• 2004-06-08 Rec From Senate
• 2004-06-03 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2004-06-02 Com Amend Adpt & Engross # 1
• 2004-06-02 Reptd Fav As Amended committee-passage-favorable
• 2004-05-18 Ref To Com On Finance referral-committee
• 2004-05-17 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f37cbef8-8c92-463b-8773-651c72bae040. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).