---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drivers License Designation/American Indian."
description: "Drivers License Designation/American Indian."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 523"
citation: "North Carolina HB 523 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "ID SYSTEMS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MINORITIES", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "TRIBAL GOVERNMENT", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Graham", "Steinburg", "Waddell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-01"
last_action: "2016-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a509e0df-3b1b-454b-b474-7eb52c82fa12"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H523&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "2ab742b6bc86ec4d99281e816ecf9df3971946da0e590de29c1d4c98d0d27f89"
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 523 (2015) — Drivers License Designation/American Indian.

## 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/H523v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H523v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H523v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H523v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2016-75** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H523v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Graham — primary (person)
- Steinburg — primary (person)
- Waddell — primary (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Baskerville — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- L. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- R. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-30** Ch. SL 2016-75 `became-law`
- **2016-06-30** Signed by Gov. 6/30/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-06-29** Ratified
- **2016-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-27** Placed On Cal For 06/28/2016
- **2016-06-27** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2016-06-27** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2016-06-27** Special Message Sent To House
- **2016-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2016-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-06-04** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-27** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-23** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-22** Placed On Cal For 04/23/2015
- **2015-04-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-22** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-20** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-02** Ref to the Com on Judiciary I, if favorable, Transportation, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a509e0df-3b1b-454b-b474-7eb52c82fa12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).