---
type: "Bill"
title: "DMV Deployed Armed Forces Exemptions."
description: "DMV Deployed Armed Forces Exemptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 297"
citation: "North Carolina HB 297 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "CHAPTERED", "CRIMES", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "FEES", "ID SYSTEMS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland", "Goodwin", "Winslow"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-15"
last_action: "2021-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cd07e1f-2756-4976-a23c-f62980fc48f0"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H297"
source_hash: "40028cd719903323280b7c0f7df8eee4a22c67c1c74c9e3fcf531b272a700126"
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 297 (2021) — DMV Deployed Armed Forces Exemptions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H297v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H297v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H297v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H297v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H297v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H297v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2021-89** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H297v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cleveland — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Winslow — primary (person)
- Ager — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgardner — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Dahle — cosponsor (person)
- Farkas — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Greene — cosponsor (person)
- Hanig — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
- Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Majeed — cosponsor (person)
- McNeely — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Pless — cosponsor (person)
- Quick — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Szoka — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)
- Zenger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-22** Ch. SL 2021-89 `became-law`
- **2021-07-22** Signed by Gov. 7/22/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-15** Pres. To Gov. 7/15/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-14** Ratified
- **2021-07-13** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-07-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-07-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-07-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-23** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-09** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-27** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-05-07** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Placed On Cal For 05/06/2021
- **2021-05-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-05-05** Reptd Fav Com Sub 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Re-ref Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Ref to the Com on Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, Transportation, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cd07e1f-2756-4976-a23c-f62980fc48f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).