---
type: "Bill"
title: "Military Service Notation on Licenses."
description: "Military Service Notation on Licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 159"
citation: "North Carolina HB 159 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "VETERANS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. GOODMAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-22"
last_action: "2011-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d3323d2-9305-41a3-94ce-334c8a908af6"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H159&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b34dec87e571644b47753d24e0c44ce4906f33376cdf7ab1e12407c3e18c1893"
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 159 (2011) — Military Service Notation on Licenses.

## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H159v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARK-21-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/107/0/H159-ARK-21-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H159v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H159v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H159v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H159v4.pdf)
7. **SL2011-35** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H159v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodman — primary (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Horn — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Parfitt — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-04-12** Ch. SL 2011-35 `became-law`
- **2011-04-12** Signed By Gov. 4/12/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-04-06** Pres. To Gov. 4/6/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-04-05** Ratified
- **2011-04-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2011-03-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-03-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-10** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-10** Rec From House
- **2011-03-09** Ordered Engrossed
- **2011-03-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-09** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-08** Placed On Cal For 3/9/2011
- **2011-03-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-03-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-23** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d3323d2-9305-41a3-94ce-334c8a908af6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).