---
type: "Bill"
title: "COVID-19 New Driver Response."
description: "COVID-19 New Driver Response."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 158"
citation: "North Carolina HB 158 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEYS", "AUTHORITIES", "BIDS & BIDDING", "BRIDGES", "CONSTRUCTION", "CONTRACTS", "CURRICULUM", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "EDUCATION", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "ID SYSTEMS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MINORS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PORTS", "PORTS AUTHORITY", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SURVEYS", "TESTING", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "CHAPTERED", "PROPERTY-STATE GOVERNMENT", "PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-25"
last_action: "2020-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cb17384-ac57-4f0f-80d0-1c2841352702"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=H158&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4a793a2099e260f817167c927d77e4e934ca5f3f5c118a20f7b5e4b14f691fa7"
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 158 (2019) — COVID-19 New Driver Response.

## 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/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H158v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H158v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H158v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H158v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H158v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2020-30** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/House/PDF/H158v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **107–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- Presnell — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-19** Ch. SL 2020-30 `became-law`
- **2020-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/16/2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-15** Ratified
- **2020-06-11** Ordered Enrolled
- **2020-06-11** Conf Report Adopted
- **2020-06-11** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2020-06-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2020-06-11** Placed On Cal For 06/15/2020
- **2020-06-11** Conf Com Reported
- **2020-06-11** Conf Report Adopted
- **2020-06-11** Added to Calendar
- **2020-06-11** Conf Com Reported
- **2020-06-10** Conf Com Appointed
- **2020-06-10** Conf Com Appointed
- **2020-06-10** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2020-06-10** Added to Calendar
- **2020-06-10** Withdrawn From Com
- **2020-06-04** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-04** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2020-06-04** Special Message Sent To House
- **2020-06-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-03** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2020-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-12** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-14** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Regular Message Received From House
- **2019-03-14** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2019-03-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-11** Placed On Cal For 03/13/2019
- **2019-03-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-03-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cb17384-ac57-4f0f-80d0-1c2841352702`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).