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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "DMV Deployed Armed Forces Exemptions."
+description: "DMV Deployed Armed Forces Exemptions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 297"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 297 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "CHAPTERED", "CRIMES", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "FEES", "ID SYSTEMS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland", "Goodwin", "Winslow"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-15"
+last_action: "2021-07-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cd07e1f-2756-4976-a23c-f62980fc48f0"
+source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H297"
+source_hash: "40028cd719903323280b7c0f7df8eee4a22c67c1c74c9e3fcf531b272a700126"
+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 297 (2021) — DMV Deployed Armed Forces Exemptions.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H297v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H297v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H297v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H297v3.pdf)
+5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H297v4.pdf)
+6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H297v5.pdf)
+7. **SL 2021-89** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H297v6.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
+- Second Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cleveland — primary (person)
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- Winslow — primary (person)
+- Ager — cosponsor (person)
+- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
+- Bumgardner — cosponsor (person)
+- Carter — cosponsor (person)
+- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Dahle — cosponsor (person)
+- Farkas — cosponsor (person)
+- Graham — cosponsor (person)
+- Greene — cosponsor (person)
+- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
+- Iler — cosponsor (person)
+- John — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
+- Logan — cosponsor (person)
+- Majeed — cosponsor (person)
+- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
+- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Morey — cosponsor (person)
+- Moss — cosponsor (person)
+- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
+- Pless — cosponsor (person)
+- Quick — cosponsor (person)
+- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
+- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
+- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
+- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner — cosponsor (person)
+- White — cosponsor (person)
+- Wray — cosponsor (person)
+- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)
+- Zenger — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-07-22** Ch. SL 2021-89 `became-law`
+- **2021-07-22** Signed by Gov. 7/22/2021 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-07-15** Pres. To Gov. 7/15/2021 `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-14** Ratified
+- **2021-07-13** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2021-07-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-07-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-07-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-23** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-09** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-27** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-27** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2021-05-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-05-10** Regular Message Received From House
+- **2021-05-07** Regular Message Sent To Senate
+- **2021-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-05** Placed On Cal For 05/06/2021
+- **2021-05-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
+- **2021-05-05** Reptd Fav Com Sub 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-05** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-05** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-13** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-16** Ref to the Com on Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, Transportation, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-15** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cd07e1f-2756-4976-a23c-f62980fc48f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+