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North Carolina · 2025-2026 Session · Bill

HB 217: Driver Education/18 Years and Older and Unlicensed.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 217 is a bill introduced in the North Carolina House on February 25, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Driver Education/18 Years and Older and Unlicensed. Primary sponsor: John Lowery (Republican), Brian Biggs (Republican). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 30, 2025): Regular Message Sent To Senate.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Republican 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
John LoweryPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse47
Brian BiggsPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse70
Jennifer BalkcomCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse117
JohnsonCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Donnie LoftisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse109
Carolyn LoganCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse101
Howard PennyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Garland PierceCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse48
Rodney PierceCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27
Charles SmithCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Donna WhiteCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse26

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Regular Message Sent To Senate
  2. Regular Message Received From House
  3. Passed 1st Reading
  4. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
  5. Passed 2nd Reading
  6. Passed 3rd Reading
  7. Reptd Fav
  8. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
  9. Placed On Cal For 04/29/2025
  10. Reptd Fav Com Substitute
  11. Re-ref Com On Finance
  12. Withdrawn From Com

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source