---
type: "Bill"
title: "Grandparents as Supervising Drivers."
description: "Grandparents as Supervising Drivers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 78"
citation: "North Carolina HB 78 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRIVERS LICENSES", "GRANDPARENTS", "MINORS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. TUCKER", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-02-07"
last_action: "2001-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b4b5d4c-8f2f-4013-ad4b-1c8bb248110a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H78&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "885274454c64049dac467066fb73868295d3fa2a0dcc1debdd0741e68d85f8b7"
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 78 (2001) — Grandparents as Supervising Drivers.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H78v1.pdf)
2. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H78v2.pdf)
3. **SL 2001-194** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H78v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
- Clary — cosponsor (person)
- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Fox — cosponsor (person)
- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Hensley — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Sexton — cosponsor (person)
- Sherrill — cosponsor (person)
- Shubert — cosponsor (person)
- Teague — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Walend — cosponsor (person)
- Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Warwick — cosponsor (person)
- Weatherly — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-06-13** Ch. SL 2001-194 `became-law`
- **2001-06-13** Signed By Gov. 6/13/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-05** Pres. To Gov. 6/5/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-06-04** Ratified
- **2001-05-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-15** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-15** Rec From House
- **2001-03-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-03-13** Placed On Cal For 3/14/2001
- **2001-03-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-03-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-02-20** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-20** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-02-08** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b4b5d4c-8f2f-4013-ad4b-1c8bb248110a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).