---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarification/Hearing on License Restoration."
description: "Clarification/Hearing on License Restoration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1198"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1198 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. AVILA"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Avila"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-07"
last_action: "2009-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6e871d6-a21c-49a7-af28-df9a0fcdea26"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1198&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "637b80c000fbbb2fcbb85f9cd07e4f8a80350c97c7e25e3a9beaa88c2e10c390"
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 1198 (2009) — Clarification/Hearing on License Restoration.

## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1198v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1198v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1198v2.pdf)
4. **SL2009-99** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1198v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **32–16** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **109–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Avila — primary (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Killian — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)
- Stiller — cosponsor (person)
- Sutton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-12** Ch. SL 2009-99 `became-law`
- **2009-06-12** Signed By Gov. 6/12/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-03** Pres. To Gov. 6/3/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-02** Ratified
- **2009-06-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2009
- **2009-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-07** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-08** Ref to the Com on Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6e871d6-a21c-49a7-af28-df9a0fcdea26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).