---
type: "Bill"
title: "DMV Proposed Legislative Changes."
description: "DMV Proposed Legislative Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 199"
citation: "North Carolina HB 199 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "COMMERCE", "CONTRACTS", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CURRICULUM", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "DWI", "EDUCATION", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTRICITY GENERATION & DISTRIBUTION", "ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT", "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FEES", "FINES & PENALTIES", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "HEALTH SERVICES", "ID SYSTEMS", "IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "INTERNET", "JUDGES", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LIENS", "LITTERING", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MONITORING & SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS", "MOTOR FLEET", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "OATHS", "POLLUTION", "PRESENTED", "PRIVATIZATION", "PROPERTY", "PROPERTY-STATE GOVERNMENT", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RAIL CORRIDOR AUTHORITY", "RAILROADS", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "RETAILING", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SAFETY", "SAFETY EQUIPMENT", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SHIPPING", "SOCIAL SECURITY", "STATE BOARD OF", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "TITLES", "TOLL ROADS & BRIDGES", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "TURNPIKE AUTHORITY BOARD", "UTILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Jones", "McNeely", "Shepard"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-23"
last_action: "2024-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f51b4e66-ab1d-4a3c-b659-f19e91b69461"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H199"
source_hash: "fff9e5868564a310fd2e114858a218324e7639bb5653123a6b8097aeac819dcf"
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 199 (2023) — DMV Proposed 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/H199v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H199v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H199v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H199v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H199v4.pdf)
6. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H199v5.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H199v6.pdf)
8. **SL 2024-30** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/House/PDF/H199v7.pdf)

## Votes

- R3 Ruled Mat'l M11 Concur — **108–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Jones — primary (person)
- McNeely — primary (person)
- Shepard — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Crutchfield — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Liu — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Tyson — cosponsor (person)
- Willingham — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-07-03** Ch. SL 2024-30 `became-law`
- **2024-07-02** Signed by Gov. 7/2/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-28** Ratified
- **2024-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2024-06-27** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2024-06-26** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2024-06-25** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2024
- **2024-06-25** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2024-06-25** Ruled Material
- **2024-06-25** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2024-06-24** Special Message Sent To House
- **2024-06-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-06-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-06-20** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2024-06-20** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2024-06-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-18** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-12** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2024-06-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-06** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2024-06-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-05-02** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** 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** Added to Calendar
- **2023-05-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-05-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `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/f51b4e66-ab1d-4a3c-b659-f19e91b69461`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).