A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT eliminating DRIVING ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATE AND WAITING PERIOD REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF LEARNER'S PERMITS AND PROVISIONAL DRIVERS LICENSES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

PART I. eliminate driving ELIGIBILITY certificate and waiting period requirements for the issuance of learner's permits and provisional drivers licenses
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑11 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20‑11.  Issuance of limited learner's permit and provisional drivers license to person who is less than 18 years old.
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(b)	Level 1. – A person who is at least 15 years old but less than 18 years old may obtain a limited learner's permit if the person meets all of the following requirements:
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(d)	Level 2. – A person who is at least 16 years old but less than 18 years old may obtain a limited provisional license if the person meets all of the following requirements:
	
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(f)	Level 3. – A person who is at least 16 years old but less than 18 years old may obtain a full provisional license if the person meets all of the following requirements:
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(h)	Exception for Persons 16 to 18 Who Have an Unrestricted Out‑of‑State License. – A person who is at least 16 years old but less than 18 years old, who was a resident of another state and has an unrestricted drivers license issued by that state, and who becomes a resident of this State may obtain one of the following:
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PART II. Conforming changes
SECTION 2.  The following statutes are repealed:
(1)	G.S. 20‑9(b1).
(2)	G.S. 20‑13.2(c1).
(3)	G.S. 115C‑12(28).
(4)	G.S. 115C‑150.12C(19).
(5)	G.S. 115C‑218.70.
(6)	G.S. 115C‑238.66(8).
(7)	G.S. 115C‑288(k).
(8)	G.S. 115C‑566.

PART III. effective date
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2025, and applies to permit or provisional license applications submitted on or after that date.