---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Tax Changes."
description: "Property Tax Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 116"
citation: "North Carolina HB 116 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "APPRAISALS", "DMV", "FINANCIAL SERVICES", "FISCAL NOTES", "HORTICULTURE", "LANDOWNERS", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "REP. BRUBAKER", "REP. HILL", "REP. LUEBKE", "REP. WAINWRIGHT", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MCGEE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-08"
last_action: "2005-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18762067-74dd-4768-9dfd-65cbc1a376c4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H116&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "313c5e49840f418f4c3cf297848d47d169afc5cbb1648607dea14c7f3362c8f2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina HB 116 (2005) — Property Tax Changes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H116v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H116v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H116v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H116v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-313** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H116v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Steen — cosponsor (person)
- Stiller — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2005-08-25** Ch. SL 2005-313 `became-law`
- **2005-08-25** Signed By Gov. 8/25/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-18** Pres. To Gov. 8/17/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-16** Ratified
- **2005-08-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-08-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-08-12** Placed On Cal For 8/12/2005
- **2005-08-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-09** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-09** Rec From House
- **2005-05-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-05-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-02** Placed On Cal For 5/3/2005
- **2005-04-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-04-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-02-09** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-08** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18762067-74dd-4768-9dfd-65cbc1a376c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).