Bill Summaries: all (2025-2026 Session)

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  • Summary date: Apr 2 2025 - View summary

    Amends GS 20-11 to eliminate the driving eligibility certificate. Eliminates the requirement that persons desiring a driver's license or leaner's permit have a driving eligibility certificate or high school diploma (or its equivalent). Eliminates the requirement that a person who is at least 16 but less than 18 must have held a limited learner's permit for at least nine months before being able to obtain a limited provisional license.

    Repeals the following specified statutes of GS Chapters 20 and 115C relating to driving eligibility certificates, certificate requirements, school notifications, and certificate suspensions and revocations:

    • GS 20-9(b1);
    • GS 20-13.2(c1);
    • GS 115C-12(28);
    • GS 115C-150.12C(19);
    • GS 115C-218.70;
    • GS 115C-238.66(8);
    • GS 115C-288(k); and
    • GS 115C-566.

    Applies to permit or provisional license applications submitted on or after October 1, 2025.