---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver Instruction/Law Enforcement Stops."
description: "Driver Instruction/Law Enforcement Stops."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 21"
citation: "North Carolina HB 21 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORPORATIONS", "NONPROFIT", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "ID SYSTEMS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEDIA", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLISHING", "RATIFIED", "SHERIFFS", "TESTING", "CHAPTERED", "HIGHWAY PATROL", "NGOS", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Faircloth", "Goodman", "McNeill"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95b36fe0-85c0-46b2-877b-ff438fa7faf3"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H21&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "658717f33c625cde751d2059b80b419fd3c12e3913640e3ba9375bfc25923fae"
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 21 (2017) — Driver Instruction/Law Enforcement Stops.

## 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/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H21v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H21v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H21v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H21v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H21v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2017-95** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H21v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faircloth — primary (person)
- Goodman — primary (person)
- McNeill — primary (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Bert Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Brockman — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Grange — cosponsor (person)
- Hanes — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- L. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Potts — cosponsor (person)
- Presnell — cosponsor (person)
- Quick — cosponsor (person)
- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- R. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Saine — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Torbett — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-12** Ch. SL 2017-95 `became-law`
- **2017-07-12** Signed by Gov. 7/12/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-28** Ratified
- **2017-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-27** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2017
- **2017-06-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-26** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-26** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2017-06-26** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2017-06-23** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-21** Placed On Cal For 06/22/2017
- **2017-06-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-19** Placed On Cal For 06/21/2017
- **2017-06-19** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-15** Placed On Cal For 06/19/2017
- **2017-06-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-12** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-06-08** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-05-31** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-31** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-05-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-26** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-26** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25** Placed On Cal For 04/26/2017
- **2017-04-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Re-ref Com On Education - K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-27** Serial Referral To Education - K-12 Added
- **2017-01-30** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95b36fe0-85c0-46b2-877b-ff438fa7faf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).