Amends GS 20-24.1 (Revocation for failure to appear or pay fine, penalty or costs for motor vehicle offenses) to create new subsection (b2), providing that a driver’s license revoked for failure to pay a fine, penalty, or court costs will be restored 36 months after the person’s most recent conviction for a violation under GS Chapter 20, unless that revocation was for impaired driving. Directs the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) to develop a procedure to implement the restorations and provide notice to the license holders. Removes gendered language and makes organizational changes to the statute and to GS 20-24.2. Effective and applicable to license revocations before, on, or after December 1, 2025.

Requires the DMV to publish a report no later than October 1, 2025, showing the number of suspensions that were terminated along with demographic data about the suspended person, the number of licenses reinstated, and the amount of fees waived.

Creates new GS 20-24.4, requiring AOC to collect data from courts that adjudicate motor vehicle offenses, including the fines and fees imposed, collected, and waived in the preceding year.

Amends GS 20-28 (Unlawful to drive while license revoked, after notification, or while disqualified) to allow as of October 1, 2025, the person or a prosecutor to petition the court for waiver of unpaid fees imposed for driving while license revoked. If the person’s license is suspended for not paying fees under GS 20-24.1(a)(2), requires the court to reinstate the driver’s license.

Makes conforming amendments to GS 20-13.2(e), GS 20-19(k), GS 20-28.1(a), GS 20-217(g2), and GS 110-142.2(f).

Amends the effective date of SL 2015-186 (North Carolina Drivers License Restoration Act) to make the act applicable to offenses committed before December 1, 2015, as well as offenses committed on or after that date.

Except as provided, effective July 1, 2025.