---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limited Provisional License Modification."
description: "Limited Provisional License Modification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 157"
citation: "North Carolina SB 157 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "ID SYSTEMS", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lazzara", "Sawyer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-23"
last_action: "2023-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c429723-6ed9-4365-8ad3-72b06e07d4ce"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S157"
source_hash: "9dc589ce6e73a3129d21e79618efd03262295715dacc22a3618138407fd5d513"
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 157 (2023) — Limited Provisional License Modification.

## 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/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S157v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S157v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S157v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S157v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2023-13** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S157v4.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Lazzara — primary (person)
- Sawyer — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Craven — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Mohammed — cosponsor (person)
- Overcash — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-06** Ch. SL 2023-13 `became-law`
- **2023-05-06** Became Law W/o Signature `became-law`
- **2023-04-25** Pres. To Gov. 4/25/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Ratified
- **2023-04-20** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-04-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Amend Failed A2 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-20** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-20** Added to Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2023-04-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-04-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Re-ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-03-21** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-03-20** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-03-16** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Re-ref Com On Commerce and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-03-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** 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`
- **2023-02-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-02-27** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c429723-6ed9-4365-8ad3-72b06e07d4ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).