---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drivers License Medical Certification."
description: "Drivers License Medical Certification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "North Carolina SB 2 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRIVERS LICENSES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. SOLES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-01-29"
last_action: "2003-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ffef465-55cd-43af-a341-aa84e720079f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S2&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bf91051257d35db55328b489be03a83c8154b6858bf02b015cf6695442654b83"
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 SB 2 (2003) — Drivers License Medical Certification.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S2v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-14** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S2v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Soles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-04-21** Ch. SL 2003-14 `became-law`
- **2003-04-21** Signed By Gov. 4/19/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-04-14** Pres. To Gov. 4/11/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-04-10** Ratified
- **2003-04-09** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-04-08** Placed On Cal For 4/9/2003
- **2003-04-08** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-04-08** Rec From House
- **2003-04-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-03** Placed On Cal For 4/7/2003
- **2003-04-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-04-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-25** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-25** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2003-03-25** Amend Pending #2 & #3
- **2003-03-25** Amendment Withdrawn #1 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2003-03-19** Postponed To 3/25/2003
- **2003-03-19** Amend Pending #1
- **2003-03-18** Placed On Cal For 3/19/2003
- **2003-03-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-03-12** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-04** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-04** Rec From Senate
- **2003-02-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-02-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-02-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-02-10** Ref To Com On Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-30** Held As Filed
- **2003-01-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ffef465-55cd-43af-a341-aa84e720079f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).