---
type: "Bill"
title: "8-Year Drivers License Renewal."
description: "8-Year Drivers License Renewal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 267"
citation: "North Carolina HB 267 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MINORS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TELESERVICES", "TITLE CHANGE", "REP. SUTTON", "CHAPTERED", "ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-16"
last_action: "2006-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61b66fec-460d-4094-970c-447cbbb70952"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H267&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9a27c91f18671c506456b3a4f01064eab584f0e0c29af87da9b6585f16704cd8"
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 267 (2005) — 8-Year Drivers License Renewal.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H267v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H267v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H267v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H267v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H267v4.pdf)
6. **SL2006-257** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H267v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Saunders — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Yongue — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-08-23** Ch. SL 2006-257 `became-law`
- **2006-08-23** Signed By Gov. 8/23/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-27** Pres. To Gov. 7/27/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-27** Ratified
- **2006-07-26** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-26** Placed On Cal For 7/26/2006
- **2006-07-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-26** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2006-07-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-26** Placed On Cal For 7/26/2006
- **2006-07-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2006-07-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-01** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-01** Rec From House
- **2005-05-31** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-31** Amend Failed #1 `amendment-failure`
- **2005-05-27** Placed On Cal For 5/31/2005
- **2005-05-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-26** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-04-25** Re-ref Com On Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-02-17** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61b66fec-460d-4094-970c-447cbbb70952`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).