---
type: "Bill"
title: "CDL Changes/Study Moped Tag Identification."
description: "CDL Changes/Study Moped Tag Identification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 61"
citation: "North Carolina SB 61 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "BUSES", "COMMERCE", "COMMITTEES", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "EDUCATION", "FINES & PENALTIES", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MOTORCYCLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION", "RAILROADS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SAFETY", "SHIPPING", "STUDENTS", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION OVERSIGHT COMM.", "TRUCKS", "TUITION", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-17"
last_action: "2003-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d10f4ec8-9a53-4430-903a-1f635ef3de21"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S61&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ea633ba5b7538278cb7bd4a6246bab541d7aef12a35240382131366b0bb21c6b"
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 61 (2003) — CDL Changes/Study Moped Tag Identification.

## 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/S61v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S61v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S61v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S61v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-397** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S61v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-07** Ch. SL 2003-397 `became-law`
- **2003-08-07** Signed By Gov. 8/7/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-19** Ratified
- **2003-07-19** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2003
- **2003-07-18** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-07-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-07-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-07-18** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2003-07-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-17** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-17** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-06-05** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-05** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-04-22** Ref To Com On Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-02-18** Ref To Com On Education/Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d10f4ec8-9a53-4430-903a-1f635ef3de21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).