---
type: "Bill"
title: "Handicapped Parking/Veterans Plate."
description: "Handicapped Parking/Veterans Plate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 256"
citation: "North Carolina HB 256 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "DISABLED PERSONS", "DMV", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "VETERANS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Graham", "Floyd"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-17"
last_action: "2016-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f64e7484-15d6-414a-826c-9a33651a6945"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H256&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "de27c64e4fc4c143488e7056ce2ce88e991375af2ed40dbb74a16dec18c052b8"
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 256 (2015) — Handicapped Parking/Veterans Plate.

## 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H256v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H256v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H256v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H256v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2016-25** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H256v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Graham — primary (person)
- Floyd — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- R. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Terry — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-22** Ch. SL 2016-25 `became-law`
- **2016-06-22** Signed by Gov. 6/22/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-06-21** Pres. To Gov. 6/21/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-06-20** Ratified
- **2016-06-16** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-22** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-28** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-28** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-27** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-14** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-18** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f64e7484-15d6-414a-826c-9a33651a6945`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).