Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

Amends the long and short titles.

Amends GS 20-63(b1). Provides that the Division of Motor vehicles may not issue any of the listed special registration plates until it receives the required number of applications set forth in GS 20-79A(a) (was, 200 applications in addition to those required under GS 20-79.4 or GS 20-81.12). Adds the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament and Order of the Long Leaf Pine plates to those that do not have to be "First in Flight" or "First in Freedom" plates.

Amends GS 20-79.4(b), creating new Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament and Kick Cancer for Kids license plates. Establishes a special plate fee of $30 for each plate. Requires that $20 of the special plate fee for the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament plate be transferred quarterly to the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament to be used to fund NC charities. Requires that $10 of the special plate fee for the Kick Cancer for Kids plate be transferred quarterly to the The Children's Oncology Group Foundation, to support the foundation, and that $10 go to Riley's Army, Inc., to support children with cancer and their families.

Makes the act effective when it becomes law (was, July 1, 2017).