republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2003/sb-559.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

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
Bill	Clarify MV Dealer Franchise Laws.	Clarify MV Dealer Franchise Laws.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2003	SB 559	North Carolina SB 559 (2003)	bill	COMMERCE EMPLOYMENT FRANCHISES LICENSING & CERTIFICATION MOTOR VEHICLES OCCUPATIONS PRESENTED PUBLIC RATIFIED TRANSPORTATION SEN. SWINDELL SEN. BERGER SEN. HOYLE CHAPTERED	enacted		6	19	2	2003-03-26	2003-05-31	openstates	ocd-bill/8fc2befc-73dc-491d-84ad-16b7e705395f	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S559&votesToView=all	b146ae27dc0bc602f1683f64db80a38b497f9ec5cd995f1ed91069e870a468a1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina SB 559 (2003) — Clarify MV Dealer Franchise Laws.

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. Edition 3 (committee substitute) — source
5. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
6. SL 2003-113 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Motion 8\To Concur — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Second Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Berger — cosponsor (person)
• Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
• Swindell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-05-31 Ch. SL 2003-113 became-law
• 2003-05-31 Signed By Gov. 5/31/2003 executive-signature
• 2003-05-27 Pres. To Gov. 5/22/2003 executive-receipt
• 2003-05-21 Ratified
• 2003-05-20 Concurred In H/com Sub amendment-passage
• 2003-05-15 Placed On Cal For 5/20/2003
• 2003-05-15 Rec To Concur H Com Sub
• 2003-05-14 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2003-05-13 Placed On Cal For 5/14/2003
• 2003-05-13 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2003-05-13 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-04-24 Ref To Com On Judiciary III referral-committee
• 2003-04-24 Rec From Senate
• 2003-04-22 Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading passage, reading-2, reading-3
• 2003-04-17 Placed On Cal For 4/22/2003
• 2003-04-17 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2003-04-17 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-03-27 Ref To Com On Commerce referral-committee
• 2003-03-26 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8fc2befc-73dc-491d-84ad-16b7e705395f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).