GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2025

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SENATE BILL 851

Short Title:      America's Semiquincentennial License Plate.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senators Berger, Rabon, and Alexander (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to:	Rules and Operations of the Senate

April 29, 2026

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to authorize the division of motor vehicles to produce aN America's semiquincentennial special registration plate.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑79.4(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b)      Types. – The Division shall issue the following types of special registration plates:

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() America's Semiquincentennial. – Issuable to a registered owner of a motor vehicle in accordance with G.S. 20‑81.12. The plate shall bear the phrase "America 250" and other imagery commemorating the semiquincentennial.

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SECTION 2.  The Revisor of Statutes is authorized to alphabetize, number, and renumber the special registration plates listed in G.S. 20‑79.4(b) to ensure that all of the special registration plates are listed in alphabetical order and numbered accordingly.

SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2026.