---
type: "Bill"
title: "Handicap Placard/Med. Recertification."
description: "Handicap Placard/Med. Recertification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 434"
citation: "North Carolina HB 434 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABLED PERSONS", "DMV", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PHYSICIANS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "PARKING & PARKING STRUCTURES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["S. Martin", "Torbett"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-31"
last_action: "2015-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3435ffa2-6dc6-43bd-8ea6-872bf1452a67"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H434&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d6d14a3793cfca970aa8f54dc83fefc56062b6f1b48cb167c7462581ee5132f1"
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 434 (2015) — Handicap Placard/Med. Recertification.

## 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/H434v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H434v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H434v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H434v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-29** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H434v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- S. Martin — primary (person)
- Torbett — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- McGrady — cosponsor (person)
- R. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-05-21** Ch. SL 2015-29 `became-law`
- **2015-05-21** Signed by Gov. 5/21/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-19** Pres. To Gov. 5/19/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-18** Ratified
- **2015-05-14** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-05-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-05-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-16** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-16** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-16** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-14** Placed On Cal For 04/15/2015
- **2015-04-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-01** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3435ffa2-6dc6-43bd-8ea6-872bf1452a67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).