Amends GS 136-18 concerning the power of the Department of Transportation (DOT) to name state highways or change names of highways that are to become part of the state highway system providing that upon the effective date of this bill highways or components of a highway in the state highway system can only be named after law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical services employees, or active and reserve military personnel killed in the line of duty. Defines component of a highway to mean bridges, overpasses, and any other highway structure.