republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2011/hb-585.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Emissions Inspections."
description: "Vehicle Emissions Inspections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 585"
citation: "North Carolina HB 585 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ABC COMN.", "ADMINISTRATION DEPT.", "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "APPOINTMENTS", "COMMERCE", "COMMERCE DEPT.", "COMMISSIONS", "COMMITTEES", "CRIME CONTROL DEPT.", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "DMV", "ELECTRICITY", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "ENVIRONMENT", "ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMN.", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "GOVERNOR", "HISTORIC PRESERVATION", "HOUSING", "ID SYSTEMS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INSPECTIONS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MINING & MINERAL EXTRACTION", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "REPORTS", "RETAILING", "SPEAKER", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "TITLES", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "UTILITIES", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "MANUFACTURED HOMES", "ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT", "REP. PRIDGEN", "HIGHWAY PATROL", "ENERGY INDEPENDENCE SEARCH COMM.", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-01"
last_action: "2012-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42fd8353-ebd4-4325-b628-c13f6b91eebe"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H585&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "16809c57fadaf88bf1a1adc9bd6ac9682f9acd44d49fb8c8c5760dc7bf2fd899"
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 585 (2011) — Vehicle Emissions Inspections.

## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H585v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALL-102-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7721/0/H585-ALL-102-V-1)
3. **A: ALL-101-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7722/0/H585-ALL-101-V-3)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H585v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H585v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H585v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H585v4.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H585v5.pdf)
9. **SL2012-199** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H585v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 8\To Adopt — **36–3** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **66–43** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Hager — cosponsor (person)
- McElraft — cosponsor (person)
- McGuirt — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Murry — cosponsor (person)
- Pridgen — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-08-01** Ch. SL 2012-199 `became-law`
- **2012-08-01** Signed By Gov. 8/1/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-03** Pres. To Gov. 7/3/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-07-03** Ratified
- **2012-07-03** Conf Report Adopted
- **2012-07-03** Placed On Cal For 7/3/2012
- **2012-07-03** Conf Com Reported
- **2012-07-03** Conf Report Adopted
- **2012-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/3/2012
- **2012-07-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2012-07-02** Conf Com Appointed
- **2012-07-02** Conf Com Appointed
- **2012-07-02** Failed concur in S/Com Sub
- **2012-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2012
- **2012-07-02** Withdrawn From Com
- **2012-07-02** Re-ref Com On Commerce and Job Development Subcommittee on Alcoholic Beverage Control `referral-committee`
- **2012-07-02** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2012-06-29** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2012
- **2012-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-29** Rec To Concur In S Amend 1 & 2
- **2012-06-29** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2012-06-28** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2012-06-28** Amend Adopted 2 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-28** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2012
- **2012-06-28** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-06-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-15** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/15/2011
- **2011-06-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2011-06-14** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2011
- **2011-06-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-17** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-17** Rec From House
- **2011-05-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/16/2011
- **2011-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-05-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-05** Ref To Com On Public Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42fd8353-ebd4-4325-b628-c13f6b91eebe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).