---
type: "Bill"
title: "Military Expiration of Drivers License."
description: "Military Expiration of Drivers License."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 1159"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1159 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. DICKSON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickson", "K. Williams"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-09"
last_action: "2003-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/770e95ff-d11f-4005-98a7-149163aab601"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H1159&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7c0101cd904dca4d525ca98236db6b9828a1cdb3d06b0fe6d0d127ad44e12945"
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 1159 (2003) — Military Expiration of Drivers License.

## 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/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1159v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1159v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1159v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1159v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1159v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-152** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H1159v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickson — primary (person)
- K. Williams — primary (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Gorman — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-09** Ch. SL 2003-152 `became-law`
- **2003-06-09** Signed By Gov. 6/4/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-02** Pres. To Gov. 5/29/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-05-28** Ratified
- **2003-05-27** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-26** Placed On Cal For 5/27/2003
- **2003-05-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-22** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2003-05-20** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-05-15** Placed On Cal For 5/20/2003
- **2003-05-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-05-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-05-07** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-07** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-04-29** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** Rec From House
- **2003-04-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-24** Placed On Cal For 4/28/2003
- **2003-04-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-10** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/770e95ff-d11f-4005-98a7-149163aab601`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).