---
type: "Bill"
title: "NC Drivers License Restoration Act."
description: "NC Drivers License Restoration Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 529"
citation: "North Carolina HB 529 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "CHAPTERED", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baskerville"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-01"
last_action: "2015-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bab3ae6-f89f-4b31-a143-22fb8132ce40"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H529&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "927cf7c479f54e1ab4041e9549cd28f64b95292c676b5b54f18bd1cae3c382a7"
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 529 (2015) — NC Drivers License Restoration Act.

## 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/H529v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATT-6-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/5802/0/H529-ATT-6-V-3)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H529v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H529v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H529v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H529v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H529v5.pdf)
8. **SL2015-186** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H529v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Amendment 1 — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **100–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baskerville — primary (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- R. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-08-05** Ch. SL 2015-186 `became-law`
- **2015-08-05** Signed by Gov. 8/5/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-30** Pres. To Gov. 7/30/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-29** Ratified
- **2015-07-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-27** Placed On Cal For 07/28/2015
- **2015-07-27** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-07-23** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-07-23** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-07-22** Engrossed
- **2015-07-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-22** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-07-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-22** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-30** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-30** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-30** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-28** Placed On Cal For 04/29/2015
- **2015-04-28** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-28** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** Reconsidered 3rd Reading
- **2015-04-27** Returned To House
- **2015-04-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-23** Recalled From Senate
- **2015-04-21** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-21** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-21** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-16** Postponed To 04/20/2015
- **2015-04-15** Placed On Cal For 04/16/2015
- **2015-04-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-15** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-02** Ref to the Com on Judiciary IV, 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/1bab3ae6-f89f-4b31-a143-22fb8132ce40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).