---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waive CDL Test Requirement for Military Pers."
description: "Waive CDL Test Requirement for Military Pers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 423"
citation: "North Carolina SB 423 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. BROWN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-04"
last_action: "2009-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/566a94e5-66ce-40c7-a7d1-2a712a2080af"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S423&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5c075c57b5f43dd4af0081c1e759538d94292474ab527e90b3ee0af6459ddf75"
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 423 (2009) — Waive CDL Test Requirement for Military Pers.

## 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/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S423v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASV-32-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1781/0/S423-ASV-32-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S423v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S423v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S423v3.pdf)
6. **SL2009-494** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S423v4.pdf)

## Votes

- House Amd. 1\Motion 8\To Concur — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Brunstetter — cosponsor (person)
- Clary — cosponsor (person)
- East — cosponsor (person)
- Goodall — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Jacumin — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Rouzer — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-26** Ch. SL 2009-494 `became-law`
- **2009-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-07** Pres. To Gov. 8/7/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-07** Ratified
- **2009-08-06** Concurred In H Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-06** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-06** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2009-08-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-08-06** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-05** Placed On Cal For 8/6/2009
- **2009-08-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-08-05** Reptd Fav As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-08** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-21** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-04-15** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-05** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/566a94e5-66ce-40c7-a7d1-2a712a2080af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).