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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Handicapped Parking/Veterans Plate."
+description: "Handicapped Parking/Veterans Plate."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2015"
+identifier: "HB 256"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 256 (2015)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "DISABLED PERSONS", "DMV", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "VETERANS", "CHAPTERED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["C. Graham", "Floyd"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2015-03-17"
+last_action: "2016-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f64e7484-15d6-414a-826c-9a33651a6945"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H256&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "de27c64e4fc4c143488e7056ce2ce88e991375af2ed40dbb74a16dec18c052b8"
+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 256 (2015) — Handicapped Parking/Veterans Plate.
+
+## 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H256v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H256v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H256v2.pdf)
+4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H256v3.pdf)
+5. **SL 2016-25** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H256v4.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
+- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- C. Graham — primary (person)
+- Floyd — primary (person)
+- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
+- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
+- Earle — cosponsor (person)
+- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
+- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
+- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
+- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
+- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Holley — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)
+- Reives — cosponsor (person)
+- Terry — cosponsor (person)
+- Wray — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-06-22** Ch. SL 2016-25 `became-law`
+- **2016-06-22** Signed by Gov. 6/22/2016 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-06-21** Pres. To Gov. 6/21/2016 `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-06-20** Ratified
+- **2016-06-16** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2016-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2016-06-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2016-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-05-22** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2015-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2015-04-28** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2015-04-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Received From House
+- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Sent To Senate
+- **2015-04-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2015-04-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2015-04-27** Added to Calendar
+- **2015-04-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2015-04-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-04-14** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2015-04-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-18** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2015-03-17** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f64e7484-15d6-414a-826c-9a33651a6945`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+