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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarify Motor Vehicle Dealer Laws."
description: "Clarify Motor Vehicle Dealer Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 447"
citation: "North Carolina HB 447 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALTERNATIVE ENERGY", "ALTERNATIVE FUELED VEHICLES", "CHAPTERED", "CHARGING STATIONS (EV)", "COMMERCE", "CONSERVATION", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "ELECTRONIC COMMERCE", "FRANCHISES", "FUELS", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INTERNET", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "RURAL DEVELOPMENT", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELESERVICES", "TRANSPORTATION", "WARRANTIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Jones", "Ross"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 39
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb1759cb-c226-41a5-862b-551d4db52117"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H447"
source_hash: "bb7a035ad71317aba5f0cab3a85b68c2eee9f8151c72b38df8bdd4bd957bc809"
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 447 (2023) — Clarify Motor Vehicle Dealer Laws.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H447v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASU-22-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2023/6721/0/H447-ASU-22-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H447v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H447v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H447v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H447v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H447v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2023-116** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H447v6.pdf)
## Sponsors
- B. Jones — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Arp — cosponsor (person)
- Biggs — cosponsor (person)
- Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Loftis — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- N. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Paré — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Tyson — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-08-24** Ch. SL 2023-116 `became-law`
- **2023-08-24** Signed by Gov. 8/24/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-17** Pres. To Gov. 8/17/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-17** Ratified
- **2023-08-16** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-08-16** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2023-08-15** Placed On Cal For 08/16/2023
- **2023-08-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-07-11** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-06-29** Placed On Cal For 07/12/2023
- **2023-06-29** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2023-06-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2023-06-28** Special Message Sent To House
- **2023-06-28** Engrossed
- **2023-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-28** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-28** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2023-06-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-27** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-06-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-26** Re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-27** Regular Message Received From House
- **2023-04-27** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Added to Calendar
- **2023-04-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Filed `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb1759cb-c226-41a5-862b-551d4db52117`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).