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H146 • 2025

Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military.

Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Campbell, Lowery, Ager, Almond, Balkcom, Belk, Biggs, Blackwell, Branson, Brisson, G. Brown, K. Brown, Buansi, Budd, Butler, Cairns, Carney, Carver, Chesser, Clark, Cohn, Colvin, Crawford, Cunningham, Eddins, Goodwin, Greene, Harrison, Hastings, Hawkins, Howard, Humphrey, Huneycutt, Iler, F. Jackson, N. Jackson, Jeffers, Johnson, Kidwell, Loftis, Logan, Longest, Majeed, McNeely, Miller, Moss, Penny, Pickett, G. Pierce, R. Pierce, Pike, Prather, Price, Pyrtle, Quick, Reeder, Rhyne, Riddell, Rubin, Scott, Carson Smith, Charles Smith, Strickland, Ward, Warren, Wheatley, White, Willingham, Willis, Winslow, Zenger
Last action
2025-05-01
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military.

H146-SMCJ-37(e2)-v-2 (2025-04-29): Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military.

What This Bill Does

  • H146-SMCJ-37(e2)-v-2 (2025-04-29): Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military.
  • H146-SMCJ-43(e2)-v-2 (2025-04-30): Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military.
  • H146-SMSU-13(CSSU-5)-v-2 (2025-04-16): Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 146: Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 146: Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military.
  • Committee: House Homeland Security and Military and Veterans Affairs.
  • If favorable, re -refer to Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Date: April 29, 2025 Introduced by: Reps.
  • Campbell, Lowery Prepared by: Karyl Smith Committee Co-Counsel Analysis of: Second Edition Kara McCraw Director *H146-SMCJ-37(e2)-v-2* Legislative Analysis Division 919-301-1976 This bill analysis was prepared by the nonpartisan legislative staff for the use of legislators in their deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.
Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 146: Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 146: Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military.
  • Committee: House Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Date: April 29, 2025 Introduced by: Reps.
  • Campbell, Lowery Prepared by: Karyl Smith Staff Attorney Analysis of: Second Edition Kara McCraw Director *H146-SMCJ-43(e2)-v-2* Legislative Analysis Division 919-301-1976 This bill analysis was prepared by the nonpartisan legislative staff for the use of legislators in their deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.
  • OVERVIEW: House Bill 146 would amend the statutory eligibility requirements for remote renewal of drivers licenses to allow consecutive remote renewals for military members serving on active duty outside the State.
Filed

Plain English: 2025 -2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 146: Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military.

  • 2025 -2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 146: Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military.
  • Committee: House Transportation.
  • If favorable, re -refer to Homeland Security and Military and Veterans Affairs.
  • If favorable, re-refer to Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Date: April 16, 2025 Introduced by: Reps.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-01 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  2. 2025-05-01 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-05-01 Senate

    Regular Message Received From House

  4. 2025-05-01 House

    Regular Message Sent To Senate

  5. 2025-04-30 House

    Ordered Engrossed

  6. 2025-04-30 House

    Passed 3rd Reading

  7. 2025-04-30 House

    Passed 2nd Reading

  8. 2025-04-30 House

    Amend Adopted A1

  9. 2025-04-29 House

    Placed On Cal For 04/30/2025

  10. 2025-04-29 House

    Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  11. 2025-04-29 House

    Reptd Fav

  12. 2025-04-29 House

    Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  13. 2025-04-29 House

    Reptd Fav

  14. 2025-04-16 House

    Re-ref Com On Homeland Security and Military and Veterans Affairs

  15. 2025-04-16 House

    Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  16. 2025-02-21 House

    Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Homeland Security and Military and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  17. 2025-02-21 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  18. 2025-02-17 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

H146-SMCJ-37(e2)-v-2
(2025-04-29): Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military.
H146-SMCJ-43(e2)-v-2
(2025-04-30): Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military.
H146-SMSU-13(CSSU-5)-v-2
(2025-04-16): Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 3
HOUSE BILL 146
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/16/25
Third Edition Engrossed 4/30/25

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