---
type: "Bill"
title: "CDL Changes."
description: "CDL Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 461"
citation: "North Carolina SB 461 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TESTING", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tillman", "Wade"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-27"
last_action: "2013-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/322db044-9afb-4338-9d58-bddc33f1a343"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S461&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b7a458ccaeee8e9c178b05962e334dbcd1b8b6b578d9e48213b0a588027fabef"
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 461 (2013) — CDL Changes.

## 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/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S461v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S461v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S461v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S461v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-195** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S461v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- SECOND READING — **48–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tillman — primary (person)
- Wade — primary (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-06-26** Ch. SL 2013-195 `became-law`
- **2013-06-26** Signed by Gov. 6/26/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-20** Pres. To Gov. 06/20/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-20** Ratified
- **2013-06-19** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-06-19** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-18** Placed On Cal For 06/19/2013
- **2013-06-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-24** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-23** Rec From Senate
- **2013-04-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-04-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-28** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/322db044-9afb-4338-9d58-bddc33f1a343`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).