North Carolina HB 146: Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military.

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 CONSECUTIVE REMOTE DRIVERS LICENSE RENEWALS 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
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(f) Duration and Renewal of Licenses. – Drivers licenses shall be issued and renewed 8
pursuant to the provisions of this subsection: 9
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(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
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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 the 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
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SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2025, and applies to licenses 32
renewed on or after that date. 33