---
type: "Bill"
title: "DMV Licensing Requirements."
description: "DMV Licensing Requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 69"
citation: "North Carolina SB 69 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "CONTRACTS", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "FEES", "ID SYSTEMS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "TESTING", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McInnis", "Sawyer"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cde1c66-e50e-41f0-8d36-0b98449985ba"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S69"
source_hash: "f90b00daaf9143fed258b8f536db53019dc08fc573aa30cdc8edc2d0c1e9e10c"
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 SB 69 (2021) — DMV Licensing Requirements.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S69v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASU-16-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/51411/0/S69-ASU-16-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S69v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S69v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S69v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S69v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S69v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S69v6.pdf)
9. **SL 2021-24** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S69v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McInnis — primary (person)
- Sawyer — primary (person)
- Britt — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-24** Ch. SL 2021-24 `became-law`
- **2021-05-24** Signed by Gov. 5/24/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-19** Pres. To Gov. 5/19/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-18** Ratified
- **2021-05-17** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-05-17** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-13** Placed On Cal For 05/17/2021
- **2021-05-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2021-05-07** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-05-06** Ordered Engrossed
- **2021-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Placed On Cal For 05/06/2021
- **2021-05-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-05-05** Reptd Fav `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 Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-03** Re-ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-03-24** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-23** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-03-23** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-03-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-03-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** Re-ref Com On Commerce and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-02-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-02-09** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cde1c66-e50e-41f0-8d36-0b98449985ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).