Civic Club Registration Plate Clarification.
HB 782, titled "Civic Club Registration Plate Clarification," amends North Carolina law concerning special registration plates for civic organizations. The bill clarifies that a civic organization itself can obtain a special registration plate for a vehicle it owns, in addition to individual members. This applies to nationally recognized civic clubs, like Kiwanis or Rotary, whose member clubs in the state are tax-exempt. The bill maintains the requirement that at least 300 applications are needed for a specific civic club plate to be issued.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 3, 2025
Last action May 7, 2025
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The bill was amended to simplify its language by removing the specific statutory section number reference and adding a placeholder for additional text. The substantive policy content regarding the 300-application threshold for civic club plates remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL
The specific statutory citation was changed from G.S. 20-79.4(b)(44) to G.S. 20-79.4, broadening the reference to the entire section rather than a specific subsection.
A placeholder ellipsis (...) was added after the 300-application threshold requirement, indicating additional text was inserted in the legislative markup.
Header information including the committee substitute date and sponsor list was removed, likely due to formatting updates in the final version.
Floor votes · House May 6, 2025
How they voted
109–0
Passed · 12 other
Total votes 121
May 6, 2025
D
Democratic46
86% Yea
I
Independent2
100% Yea
R
Republican73
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
3
Committee
5
May 7, 2025
Committee
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed 3rd Reading
lower
May 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Committee
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Committee
Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
3 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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