North Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Carolina House Bill H146 Compare Versions

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1	1		GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
2	2		SESSION 2025
3		-	H 3
	3	+	H 2
4	4		HOUSE BILL 146
5	5		Committee Substitute Favorable 4/16/25
6		-	Third Edition Engrossed 4/30/25
7	6
8	7		Short Title: Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military. (Public)
9	8		Sponsors:
10	9		Referred to:
11	10		February 21, 2025
12		-	H146 -v-3
	11	+	H146 -v-2
13	12		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
14	13		AN ACT AUTHORIZING C ONSECUTIVE REMOTE DR IVERS LICENSE RENEWA LS 2
15		-	FOR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY ~~AND THEIR SPOUSES AND DEPENDENTS~~. 3
	14	+	FOR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY. 3
16	15		The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
17	16		SECTION 1. G.S. 20-7 reads as rewritten: 5
18	17		"§ 20-7. Issuance and renewal of drivers licenses. 6
19	18		… 7
20	19		(f) Duration and Renewal of Licenses. – Drivers licenses shall be issued and renewed 8
21	20		pursuant to the provisions of this subsection: 9
22	21		… 10
23	22		(6) Remote renewal or conversion. – Subject to the following requirements and 11
24	23		limitations, the Division may offer remote renewal of a drivers license or 12
25	24		remote conversion of a full provisional license issued by the Division: 13
26	25		a. Requirements. – To be eligible for remote renewal or conversion under 14
27	26		this subdivision, a person must meet all of the following requirements: 15
28	27		… 16
29	28		4. For a remote renewal, the most recent renewal was an 17
30	29		in-person renewal and not a remote renewal under this 18
31		-	subdivision.subdivision, except that an active duty member of 19
32		-	the Armed Forces of the United States or a reserve component 20
33		-	of the Armed Forces of the United States, who is stationed 21
34		-	outside of this State, and the member's spouse and dependent 22
35		-	children may remotely renew a license a second consecutive 23
36		-	time if either of the following applies: 24
37		-	I. The license being renewed is not REAL ID compliant 25
38		-	pursuant to the REAL ID Act of 2005, 49 U.S.C. § 26
39		-	30301. 27
40		-	II. The license being renewed is REAL ID compliant but 28
41		-	is being converted to a non-REAL ID compliant license 29
42		-	for purposes of the renewal. 30
43		-	…." 31
44		-	SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2025, and applies to licenses 32
45		-	renewed on or after that date. 33
	30	+	subdivision.subdivision, except that a member of the Armed 19
	31	+	Forces of the United States or a reserve component of the 20
	32	+	Armed Forces of the United States, serving on active duty and 21
	33	+	stationed outside this State, may remotely renew a license a 22
	34	+	second consecutive time if either of the following applies: 23
	35	+	I. The license being renewed is not REAL ID compliant 24
	36	+	pursuant to the REAL ID Act of 2005, 49 U.S.C. § 25
	37	+	30301. 26
	38	+	II. The license being renewed is REAL ID compliant but 27
	39	+	is being converted to a non-REAL ID compliant license 28
	40	+	for purposes of the renewal. 29
	41	+	…." 30
	42	+	SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2025, and applies to licenses 31
	43	+	renewed on or after that date. 32