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H472 • 2025

Commercial Vehicle & Cargo Protection.

Commercial Vehicle & Cargo Protection.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Branson, Loftis, Schietzelt, Hawkins, Almond, Carver, Colvin, Huneycutt, F. Jackson, Longest, Moss, Pittman, Scott, Ward
Last action
2025-05-05
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Effective date
2025-12-01

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Commercial Vehicle & Cargo Protection.

H472-SMBG-14(CSBG-7)-v-2 (2025-04-16): Commercial Vehicle & Cargo Protection.

What This Bill Does

  • H472-SMBG-14(CSBG-7)-v-2 (2025-04-16): Commercial Vehicle & Cargo Protection.
  • H472-SMCE-47(e2)-v-2 (2025-05-01): Commercial Vehicle & Cargo Protection.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 472: Commercial Vehicle & Cargo Protection.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 472: Commercial Vehicle & Cargo Protection.
  • Committee: House Transportation.
  • If favorable, re -refer to Judiciary 1.
  • If favorable, re -refer to Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Date: April 16, 2025 Introduced by: Reps.
Filed

Plain English: 2025 -2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 472: Commercial Vehicle & Cargo Protection.

  • 2025 -2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 472: Commercial Vehicle & Cargo Protection.
  • Committee: House Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Date: April 30, 2025 Introduced by: Reps.
  • Branson, Loftis, Schietzelt, Hawkins Prepared by: Robert Ryan Staff Attorney Analysis of: Second Edition Kara McCraw Director *H472-SMCE-47(e2)-v-2* Legislative Analysis Division 919-733-2578 This bill analysis was prepared by the nonpartisan legislative staff for the use of legislators in their deliberations and do es not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.
  • OVERVIEW: House Bill 472 would prohibit the use of immobilization devices on commercial motor vehicles for parking enforcement purposes and would direct towers of commercial motor vehicles with commercial cargo to allow for cargo owners to retrieve that cargo upon request.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-05 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  2. 2025-05-05 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-05-05 Senate

    Regular Message Received From House

  4. 2025-05-01 House

    Regular Message Sent To Senate

  5. 2025-05-01 House

    Passed 3rd Reading

  6. 2025-05-01 House

    Passed 2nd Reading

  7. 2025-04-30 House

    Placed On Cal For 05/01/2025

  8. 2025-04-30 House

    Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  9. 2025-04-30 House

    Reptd Fav

  10. 2025-04-29 House

    Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  11. 2025-04-29 House

    Reptd Fav

  12. 2025-04-16 House

    Re-ref Com On Judiciary 1

  13. 2025-04-16 House

    Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  14. 2025-03-24 House

    Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  15. 2025-03-24 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  16. 2025-03-20 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

H472-SMBG-14(CSBG-7)-v-2
(2025-04-16): Commercial Vehicle & Cargo Protection.
H472-SMCE-47(e2)-v-2
(2025-05-01): Commercial Vehicle & Cargo Protection.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 2
HOUSE BILL 472
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/16/25

Short Title: Commercial Vehicle & Cargo Protection. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
March 24, 2025
*H472-v-2*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO ENACT THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE AND CARGO PROTECTION ACT. 2
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 3
SECTION 1. Article 7 of Chapter 20 of the General Statutes is amended by adding 4
a new section to read: 5
"§ 20-219.3A. Commercial booting. 6
A commercial motor vehicle shall not be immobilized using a device such as a boot or any 7
other device for the purposes of parking enforcement . Using an immobilization device on a 8
commercial vehicle in violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor." 9
SECTION 2. Article 7A of Chapter 20 of the General Statutes is amended by adding 10
a new section to read: 11
"§ 20-219.15. Return of commercial cargo. 12
Notwithstanding G.S. 20-219.10(a) to the contrary, a tower of a nonconsensual tow or t ow 13
pursuant to the direction of a law enforcement officer shall promptly return any commercial cargo 14
towed by the tower to the owner of the commercial cargo, or to a designee of the owner , upon 15
request. In the case of a trailer containing commercial cargo, the tower shall allow the trailer 16
containing the commercial cargo to be exchanged with a trailer of similar type that is in working 17
condition and was manufac tured within five years of the manufacturing date of the original 18
trailer, or newer, as arranged by the commercial cargo owner." 19
SECTION 3. Section 1 of this act becomes effective December 1, 2025, and applies 20
to offenses committed on or after that date. The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes 21
law. 22