---
type: "Bill"
title: "Military and Veteran Support Act."
description: "Military and Veteran Support Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 118"
citation: "North Carolina SB 118 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES; COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES; COUNTIES; DMV; DRIVERS LICENSES; EDUCATION; FEES; HIGHER EDUCATION; ID SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LICENSES & PERMITS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MOTOR VEHICLES; NOTIFICATION; PERSONNEL; PRESENTED; PUBLIC; RATIFIED; SBI; SHERIFFS; STUDENTS; TITLE CHANGE; TUITION; UNC; VETERANS; WEAPONS; CHAPTERED; ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.; FAMILY ISSUES; RESIDENCY; CONCEALED CARRY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lazzara", "Sawyer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-18"
last_action: "2025-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22ad9efc-b44b-42e9-96cf-23ef38364dee"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S118"
source_hash: "161776d200f132fe0b9687ffb8331135747676931c429d4a9bd558b67dadf8a3"
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 118 (2025) — Military and Veteran Support Act.

## 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/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S118v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S118v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S118v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S118v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S118v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2025-72** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S118v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lazzara — primary (person)
- Sawyer — primary (person)
- Applewhite — cosponsor (person)
- Brinson — cosponsor (person)
- Britt — cosponsor (person)
- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- P. Newton — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Sawrey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-09** Ch. SL 2025-72 `became-law`
- **2025-07-09** Signed by Gov. 7/9/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-30** Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30** Ratified
- **2025-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2025-06-25** Conf Report Adopted
- **2025-06-25** Added to Calendar
- **2025-06-25** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-06-25** Conf Report Adopted
- **2025-06-25** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2025-06-25** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2025-06-25** Conf Com Reported
- **2025-06-24** Conf Com Appointed
- **2025-06-23** Conf Com Appointed
- **2025-06-23** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2025-06-20** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2025
- **2025-06-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-06-18** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2025-06-18** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2025-06-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-06-17** Added to Calendar
- **2025-06-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-06-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-10** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-29** Re-ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-05-06** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-05-06** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2025-05-06** Special Message Sent To House
- **2025-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-30** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-04-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-02-21** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22ad9efc-b44b-42e9-96cf-23ef38364dee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).