---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motorcycle Learner's Permit."
description: "Motorcycle Learner's Permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 64"
citation: "North Carolina SB 64 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "FISCAL NOTES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MOTORCYCLES", "PRESENTED", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. BROWN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 11
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-04"
last_action: "2009-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ccb1a55-f56b-45a0-a8a0-59f79c48bde8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S64&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "fd3c6952c7cb5afe669b1f981aefabfbefd10041d342b2c472099bfe3f991e32"
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 64 (2009) — Motorcycle Learner's Permit.

## 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/S64v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARW-5-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1471/0/S64-ARW-5-V-4)
3. **A1: ASU-21-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1474/0/S64-ASU-21-V-4)
4. **A2: ARW-6-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1472/0/S64-ARW-6-V-2)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S64v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S64v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S64v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S64v4.pdf)
9. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S64v5.pdf)
10. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S64v6.pdf)
11. **SL2009-492** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S64v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **44–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **75–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-26** Ch. SL 2009-492 `became-law`
- **2009-08-26** Signed By Gov. 8/26/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-05** Pres. To Gov. 8/5/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-05** Ratified
- **2009-08-04** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-08-03** Placed On Cal For 8/4/2009
- **2009-07-30** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-07-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-07-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-29** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-28** Postponed To 7/29/2009
- **2009-07-27** Postponed To 7/28/2009
- **2009-07-23** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2009
- **2009-07-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-30** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-16** Ref to the Com on Judiciary III, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-11** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-11** Amend Adopted #2 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-11** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-03-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-05** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ccb1a55-f56b-45a0-a8a0-59f79c48bde8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).