---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Transportation Legislative Changes."
description: "Department of Transportation Legislative Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 198"
citation: "North Carolina HB 198 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING & MARKETING", "BICYCLES", "BIDS & BIDDING", "BOARDS", "BRIDGES", "BUDGETING", "CAMERAS", "CHAPTERED", "COASTAL RESOURCES", "COMMUNICATIONS", "CONSTRUCTION", "CONTRACTS", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "DMV", "ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "ENVIRONMENT", "FEES", "FERRIES", "FUNDING", "FUNDS & ACCOUNTS", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "HIGHWAY FUND", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INTERNET", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PERSONNEL", "PILOT PROGRAMS", "PLANTS & TREES", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "PURCHASING", "RAILROADS", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SESSION LAWS", "SIGNS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TOLL ROADS & BRIDGES", "TRAFFIC CAMERAS", "TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION BOARD", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "VETOED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Jones", "McNeely", "Shepard"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-23"
last_action: "2024-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9439083-7d5e-40b6-add8-11bd0da96923"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H198"
source_hash: "f5abb31b2012fbc45a286f299d6b14f109ada0ddc7b1a1805e544fb3fd9002c4"
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 198 (2023) — Department of Transportation Legislative Changes.

## 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/House/PDF/H198v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H198v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H198v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H198v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H198v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H198v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2024-15** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H198v6.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Jones — primary (person)
- McNeely — primary (person)
- Shepard — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Moss — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Tyson — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-27** Ch. SL 2024-15 `became-law`
- **2024-06-27** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2024-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2024
- **2024-06-26** Veto Received From House
- **2024-06-26** Veto Overridden `veto-override-passage`
- **2024-06-20** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2024
- **2024-06-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2024-05-24** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-23** Received from the Governor
- **2024-05-23** Vetoed 05/23/2024 `executive-veto`
- **2024-05-22** Pres. To Gov. 5/22/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-22** Ratified
- **2024-05-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2024-05-22** Concurred In S Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-16** Placed On Cal For 05/22/2024
- **2024-05-16** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2024-05-15** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2024-05-15** Special Message Sent To House
- **2024-05-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-15** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2024-05-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-14** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-08** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2024-05-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-07** Sequential Referral To Appropriations/Base Budget Stricken
- **2024-05-07** Sequential Referral To Judiciary Stricken
- **2023-05-18** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-05-03** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-03** Special Message Received From House
- **2023-05-02** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2023-05-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-02** Added to Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-27** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `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/d9439083-7d5e-40b6-add8-11bd0da96923`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).