---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special Plates/Handicapped Placard Renewal."
description: "Special Plates/Handicapped Placard Renewal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 223"
citation: "North Carolina HB 223 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGING", "ARMED FORCES", "BUDGETING", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "DISABLED PERSONS", "DMV", "EDUCATION", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "MOTORCYCLES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "SECRET SOCIETIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "VETERANS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2018-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fcb6e98-71e5-4c01-86b2-969cc0e9c3f5"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H223&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "de587b02aeda3dd1d6c412fc0918001e9872d659e0c2ad8aff6df5174a3f01d4"
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 223 (2017) — Special Plates/Handicapped Placard Renewal.

## 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/H223v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASU-40-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/6698/0/H223-ASU-40-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H223v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H223v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H223v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H223v4.pdf)
7. **SL 2018-77** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H223v5.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Boswell — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- C. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Holley — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-25** Ch. SL 2018-77 `became-law`
- **2018-06-25** Signed by Gov. 6/25/2018 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-15** Ratified
- **2018-06-15** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-15** Conf Report Adopted
- **2018-06-15** Conf Report Adopted
- **2018-06-14** Conf Com Reported
- **2018-06-14** Placed On Cal For 06/15/2018
- **2018-06-14** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2018-06-14** Added to Calendar
- **2018-06-14** Conf Com Reported
- **2018-06-14** Conf Com Appointed
- **2018-06-13** Conf Com Appointed
- **2018-06-13** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2018-06-11** Placed On Cal For 06/13/2018
- **2018-06-11** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2018-06-11** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2018-06-11** Special Message Sent To House
- **2018-06-07** Engrossed
- **2018-06-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-07** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-07** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-06** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2018-06-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-31** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-31** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-11** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-11** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-11** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Placed On Cal For 04/10/2017
- **2017-04-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Serial Referral To Finance Added
- **2017-03-02** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fcb6e98-71e5-4c01-86b2-969cc0e9c3f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).