---
type: "Bill"
title: "DL/Deaf or Hard of Hearing Designation."
description: "DL/Deaf or Hard of Hearing Designation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 84"
citation: "North Carolina HB 84 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CJE & TRAINING STANDARDS COMN.", "COMMISSIONS", "DHHS", "DISABLED PERSONS", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "EDUCATION", "ID SYSTEMS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SHERIFFS", "SHERIFF'S TRAINING COMN.", "CHAPTERED", "HIGHWAY PATROL", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ball", "Insko"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/218f265e-31bd-4b53-bfdb-73e355706fe0"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H84&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e9dce51d3e41e2c86a0bc396c747dd46e0c7bf0b95725cdb0d7e611841076ca7"
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 84 (2017) — DL/Deaf or Hard of Hearing Designation.

## 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/H84v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARW-33-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/4853/0/H84-ARW-33-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H84v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H84v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H84v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H84v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H84v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H84v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2017-191** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H84v7.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Ball — primary (person)
- Insko — primary (person)
- B. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- G. Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- G. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Terry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-27** Ch. SL 2017-191 `became-law`
- **2017-07-27** Signed by Gov. 7/27/2017 `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** Engrossed
- **2017-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-22** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **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** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2017-06-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-06-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-24** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-17** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-17** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-10** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-04-06** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-04-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-05** Placed On Cal For 04/06/2017
- **2017-04-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-04-05** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-21** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-13** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/218f265e-31bd-4b53-bfdb-73e355706fe0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).