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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Military Service Notation on Licenses."
+description: "Military Service Notation on Licenses."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2011"
+identifier: "HB 159"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 159 (2011)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "VETERANS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GOODMAN"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Goodman"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2011-02-22"
+last_action: "2011-04-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d3323d2-9305-41a3-94ce-334c8a908af6"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H159&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "b34dec87e571644b47753d24e0c44ce4906f33376cdf7ab1e12407c3e18c1893"
+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 159 (2011) — Military Service Notation on Licenses.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H159v0.pdf)
+2. **A1: ARK-21-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/107/0/H159-ARK-21-V-1)
+3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H159v1.pdf)
+4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H159v2.pdf)
+5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H159v3.pdf)
+6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H159v4.pdf)
+7. **SL2011-35** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H159v5.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Goodman — primary (person)
+- Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Faison — cosponsor (person)
+- Graham — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Horn — cosponsor (person)
+- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
+- Parfitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2011-04-12** Ch. SL 2011-35 `became-law`
+- **2011-04-12** Signed By Gov. 4/12/2011 `executive-signature`
+- **2011-04-06** Pres. To Gov. 4/6/2011 `executive-receipt`
+- **2011-04-05** Ratified
+- **2011-04-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2011-03-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2011-03-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-03-10** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2011-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-03-10** Rec From House
+- **2011-03-09** Ordered Engrossed
+- **2011-03-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2011-03-09** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
+- **2011-03-08** Placed On Cal For 3/9/2011
+- **2011-03-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2011-03-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-02-23** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2011-02-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-02-22** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d3323d2-9305-41a3-94ce-334c8a908af6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
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