---
type: "Bill"
title: "DPS Changes."
description: "DPS Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 735"
citation: "North Carolina HB 735 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AOC", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DATA SYSTEMS", "DHHS", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "DWI", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FINGERPRINTING", "ID SYSTEMS", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "JUDICIAL DEPT.", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "INMATES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "SBI", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "WAKE COUNTY", "RECORDS", "RALEIGH", "CHAPTERED", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Graham"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-14"
last_action: "2015-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/907bd045-85f7-41f6-9857-53df18cc06d3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H735&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d51f92f1ac4ed6631033ce9c248b7832496bb14564b0c7c3ab8f55c08c4c6b16"
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 735 (2015) — DPS 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H735v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H735v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H735v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H735v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H735v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H735v5.pdf)
7. **SL2015-267** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H735v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **111–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Graham — primary (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- R. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-10-01** Ch. SL 2015-267 `became-law`
- **2015-10-01** Signed by Gov. 10/1/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-30** Pres. To Gov. 9/30/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-09-29** Ratified
- **2015-09-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-09-29** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-29** Added to Calendar
- **2015-09-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-09-29** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-09-29** Special Message Sent To House
- **2015-09-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-09-29** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-09-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2015-09-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-09-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-30** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Special Message Received From House
- **2015-04-30** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-29** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-29** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-28** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-15** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/907bd045-85f7-41f6-9857-53df18cc06d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).