---
type: "Bill"
title: "CDLs for Veterans Revisions."
description: "CDLs for Veterans Revisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 43"
citation: "North Carolina SB 43 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "VETERANS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-05"
last_action: "2015-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e17acfa6-08d7-4752-b000-f5c1a4631ade"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S43&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8af0efcfc6cfd92aaa7352811dd234ddc297b8946c8554f8461ba90dccddeaf5"
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 SB 43 (2015) — CDLs for Veterans Revisions.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S43v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S43v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S43v2.pdf)
4. **SL2015-115** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S43v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)
- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- D. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Meredith — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)
- Tarte — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-24** Ch. SL 2015-115 `became-law`
- **2015-06-24** Signed by Gov. 6/24/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-19** Pres. To Gov. 06/19/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-06-18** Ratified
- **2015-06-17** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-06-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-16** Placed On Cal For 06/17/2015
- **2015-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-06-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-09** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-06** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-06** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-09** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-02-09** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e17acfa6-08d7-4752-b000-f5c1a4631ade`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).