---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drivers License Issuance/Expiration Dates."
description: "Drivers License Issuance/Expiration Dates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 1026"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1026 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "ID SYSTEMS", "IMMIGRATION", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. HARTSELL", "ALIENS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-20"
last_action: "2007-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bb237b6-227f-4765-a5a8-cfa4df581f5b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S1026&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "85ffd73d89eb74a76538e0f2e2a230dc7626cdc452df04a077e195deea579163"
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 1026 (2007) — Drivers License Issuance/Expiration Dates.

## 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/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1026v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1026v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1026v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1026v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-56** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1026v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-05-23** Ch. SL 2007-56 `became-law`
- **2007-05-23** Signed By Gov. 5/23/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-05-22** Pres. To Gov. 5/22/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-05-21** Ratified
- **2007-05-17** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-16** Placed On Cal For 5/17/2007
- **2007-05-16** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-05-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-05-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-10** Placed On Cal For 5/14/2007
- **2007-05-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-16** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-04-11** Amendment Withdrawn 1 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2007-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-04** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-04** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-04-04** Amend Pending 1
- **2007-04-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-04-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bb237b6-227f-4765-a5a8-cfa4df581f5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).