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HB 29 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Use Tribal ID for Alcohol and Tobacco Purchase.

HB 29 would allow tribal enrollment cards issued by State or federally recognized North Carolina tribes to be used as valid ID for purchasing alcohol and tobacco. It amends existing state laws to explicitly include these cards alongside driver's licenses, passports, and military IDs when verifying a customer's age at point-of-sale. Businesses selling alcohol or tobacco would be permitted to accept tribal cards as proof of age under the same rules as other official identification. The policy change would take effect on December 1, 2025, if the bill is enacted.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 30, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2025
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What changed between versions

Filed → Edition 1 · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill text was updated from a preliminary draft to the first official edition, incorporating administrative details like the filing date and referral information. The core policy regarding the use of Tribal Enrollment Cards for alcohol and tobacco purchases remains consistent, with no substantive changes to eligibility, penalties, or enforcement rules.
Scope change
The scope of the bill's applicability has not changed; the update reflects procedural formatting and administrative metadata rather than new policy.
TECHNICAL

Header information was updated to reflect the official filing date of January 30, 2025, and added referral details to the Federal Relations and American Indian Affairs committees.

The list of bill sponsors was replaced with a reference to the North Carolina General Assembly website, removing specific names from the printed text.

Minor formatting adjustments were made to the header layout and line numbering to align with the official legislative style for Edition 1.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
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Committee
3
Mar 4, 2025
Committee
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Committee
Serial Referral To Alcoholic Beverage Control Stricken
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Committee
Ref to the Com on Federal Relations and American Indian Affairs, if favorable, Alcoholic Beverage Control, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
0 primary · 26 co-sponsors

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