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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
SESSION LAW 2025-91
SENATE BILL 245
*S245-v-6*
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE ADDITIONAL REMOTE RE NEWALS OF DRIVERS
LICENSES, TO ELIMINATE THE DRIVING LOG REQUIREMENT AND AUTHORIZE
REMOTE ISSUANCE FOR FULL PROVISIONAL LIC ENSES, TO MAKE A
TECHNICAL CORRECTION RELATED TO POSSESSI ON OF EMBALMING FLUI D,
AND TO MAKE VARIOUS APPROPRIATIONS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 20-7(f) reads as rewritten:
"(f) Duration and Renewal of Licenses. – Drivers licenses shall be issued and renewed
pursuant to the provisions of this subsection:
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(6) Remote renewal renewal, issuance, or conversion. – Subject to the following
requirements and limitations, the Division may offer remote renewal of a
drivers license license, remote issuance of a full provisional license, or remote
conversion of a full provisional license issued by the Division:
a. Requirements. – To be eligible for remote renewal renewal, issuance,
or conversion under this subdivision, a person must meet all of the
following requirements:
1. The license holder possesses either (i) a valid Class C drivers
license or license, (ii) a valid limited provisional license and is
at least 16 years old but less than 18 years old at the time of the
remote issuance, or (iii) a valid full provisional license and is
at least 18 years old at the time of the remote conversion.
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4. For a remote renewal, the most recent renewal was an
in-person renew al transaction was in person and included a
new color photograph of the license holder and was not a
remote renewal under this subdivision.subdivision, except that
a l icense holder may remotely renew a license a second
consecutive time if either of the following apply:
I. The license being renewed is not REAL ID compliant
pursuant to the REAL ID Act of 2005, 49 U.S.C . §
30301.
II. The license being renewed is REAL ID compliant but
is being converted to a non-REAL ID compliant license
for purposes of the renewal.
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f. Definition. – For purposes of this subdivision, "remote renewal
renewal, issuance, or conversion" means renewal of a drivers license
license, issuance of a full provisional license, or conversion of a full
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provisional license by mail, telephone, electronic device, or other
secure means approved by the Commissioner.
…."
SECTION 2. G.S. 20-11(f) reads as rewritten:
"(f) Level 3. – A person who is at least 16 years old but less than 18 years old may obtain
a full provisional license if the person meets all of the following requirements:
(1) Has held a limited provisional license issued by the Division for at least six
months.
(2) Has not been convicted of a motor vehicle moving violation or seat belt
infraction or a violation of G.S. 20-137.3 during the preceding six months.
(3) Has a driving eligibility certificate or a high school diploma or its equivalent.
(4) Has completed a driving log, on a form approved by the Division, detailing a
minimum of 12 hours as the operator of a motor vehicle of a class for which
the driver is licensed. The log must show at least six hours of the required
driving occurred during nighttime hou rs. The driving log must be signed by
the supervising driver for any hours driven outside the provisions of
subdivision (e)(2) of this section and submitted to the Division at the time the
applicant seeks to obtain a full provisional license. If the Divisi on has cause
to believe that a driving log has been falsified, the limited provisional licensee
shall be required to complete a new driving log with the same requirements
and shall not be eligible to obtain a full provisional license for six months.
A person who meets these requirements may obtain a full provisional license by mail.remotely,
as provided in G.S. 20-7(f)(6)."
SECTION 3. Part V of S.L. 2025-72 is repealed.
SECTION 3.5.(a) G.S. 90-96.2(c3)(3a), as enacted by S.L. 2025 -71, reads as
rewritten:
"(3a) A violation of G.S. 90-113.154 G.S. 90-113.154(b)(1) punishable as a Class I
felony."
SECTION 3.5.(b) This section becomes effective December 1, 2025, and applies to
offenses committed on or after that date.
SECTION 4.(a) There is approp riated from the IT Reserve established in Section
2.2(d) of S.L. 2023 -134 to the Administrative Office of the Courts, Budget Fund 100051, the
sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year to
be used for time -limited technology and business process positions related to eCourts
implementation.
SECTION 4.(b) There is appropriated from the IT Reserve established in Section
2.2(d) of S.L. 2023-134 to the Department of Information Technology the sum of fifteen million
dollars ($15,000,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year to be used for
cybersecurity.
SECTION 4.(c) This section is effective July 1, 2025.
SECTION 4.5.(a) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Bureau
of Investigation (Bureau) the sum of one million four hundred thousand dollars ($1,400,000) in
recurring funds beginning in the 2025 -2026 fiscal year to be used to create up to 10 nonsworn
administrative positions to support the Bureau.
SECTION 4.5.(b) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Highway
Patrol the sum of three million dollars ($3,000,000) in recurring funds beginning in the
2025-2026 fiscal year to be used to hire 26 full-time nonsworn administrative positions.
SECTION 4.5.(c) This section is effective July 1, 2025.
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SECTION 5. Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law
and applies to licenses issued or renewed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 23rd day of September,
2025.
s/ Phil Berger
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ Destin Hall
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Josh Stein
Governor
Approved 11:03 a.m. this 30th day of September, 2025