republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2021/hb-297.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	DMV Deployed Armed Forces Exemptions.	DMV Deployed Armed Forces Exemptions.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2021	HB 297	North Carolina HB 297 (2021)	bill	ARMED FORCES CHAPTERED CRIMES DMV DRIVERS LICENSES FEES ID SYSTEMS LICENSES & PERMITS MOTOR VEHICLES PRESENTED PUBLIC RATIFIED TITLE CHANGE TRAFFIC OFFENSES	enacted	Cleveland Goodwin Winslow	7	30	2	2021-03-15	2021-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/1cd07e1f-2756-4976-a23c-f62980fc48f0	https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H297	40028cd719903323280b7c0f7df8eee4a22c67c1c74c9e3fcf531b272a700126	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina HB 297 (2021) — DMV Deployed Armed Forces Exemptions.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Edition 2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Edition 3 (committee substitute) — source
5. Edition 4 (committee substitute) — source
6. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
7. SL 2021-89 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Second Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Second Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cleveland — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Winslow — primary (person)
• Ager — cosponsor (person)
• Brisson — cosponsor (person)
• Bumgardner — cosponsor (person)
• Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
• Dahle — cosponsor (person)
• Farkas — cosponsor (person)
• Graham — cosponsor (person)
• Greene — cosponsor (person)
• Hanig — cosponsor (person)
• Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Harrison — cosponsor (person)
• Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
• Hunt — cosponsor (person)
• Iler — cosponsor (person)
• John — cosponsor (person)
• Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Kidwell — cosponsor (person)
• Logan — cosponsor (person)
• Majeed — cosponsor (person)
• McNeely — cosponsor (person)
• Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
• Morey — cosponsor (person)
• Moss — cosponsor (person)
• Pittman — cosponsor (person)
• Pless — cosponsor (person)
• Quick — cosponsor (person)
• Riddell — cosponsor (person)
• Setzer — cosponsor (person)
• Strickland — cosponsor (person)
• Szoka — cosponsor (person)
• Turner — cosponsor (person)
• White — cosponsor (person)
• Wray — cosponsor (person)
• Yarborough — cosponsor (person)
• Zenger — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-07-22 Ch. SL 2021-89 became-law
• 2021-07-22 Signed by Gov. 7/22/2021 executive-signature
• 2021-07-15 Pres. To Gov. 7/15/2021 executive-receipt
• 2021-07-14 Ratified
• 2021-07-13 Ordered Enrolled
• 2021-07-13 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2021-07-13 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2021-07-12 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-23 Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2021-06-23 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-09 Re-ref Com On Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-06-09 Reptd Fav committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-27 Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2021-05-27 Withdrawn From Com
• 2021-05-10 Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate referral-committee
• 2021-05-10 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2021-05-10 Regular Message Received From House
• 2021-05-07 Regular Message Sent To Senate
• 2021-05-06 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-06 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2021-05-05 Placed On Cal For 05/06/2021
• 2021-05-05 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2021-05-05 Reptd Fav Com Sub 3 committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-05 Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House referral-committee
• 2021-05-05 Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-13 Re-ref Com On Transportation referral-committee
• 2021-04-13 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-16 Ref to the Com on Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, Transportation, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House referral-committee
• 2021-03-16 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2021-03-15 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1cd07e1f-2756-4976-a23c-f62980fc48f0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).