---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempt Agri-Tourism From Privilege Tax."
description: "Exempt Agri-Tourism From Privilege Tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 143"
citation: "North Carolina HB 143 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "COMMERCE", "EXHIBITIONS", "FISCAL NOTES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "LICENSE", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "REP. COATES", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-08"
last_action: "2006-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5871c07-fc5b-4e3a-b522-ef9b2b29539f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H143&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "964511dd952fb821740b1df09238235b9f22f97b04ba3b35e85c34de5247e7af"
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 143 (2005) — Exempt Agri-Tourism From Privilege Tax.

## 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/H143v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H143v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H143v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H143v3.pdf)
5. **SL2006-216** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H143v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt\Motion 7\To Adopt — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- C Rpt Adopt — **97–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Allred — cosponsor (person)
- B. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)
- Church — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Daughtridge — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Holliman — cosponsor (person)
- Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Justice — cosponsor (person)
- Justus — cosponsor (person)
- Kiser — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Preston — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)
- Steen — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-08-08** Ch. SL 2006-216 `became-law`
- **2006-08-08** Signed By Gov. 8/8/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-26** Pres. To Gov. 7/26/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-25** Ratified
- **2006-07-20** Conf Report Adopted
- **2006-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/20/2006
- **2006-07-19** Conf Com Reported
- **2006-07-19** Conf Report Adopted
- **2006-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2006
- **2006-07-19** Conf Com Reported
- **2006-07-18** Conf Com Appointed
- **2006-07-11** Conf Com Appointed
- **2006-07-11** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2006-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/11/2006
- **2006-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-10** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2006-07-05** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/5/2006
- **2006-06-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2006-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-08-24** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-08-24** Rec From House
- **2005-08-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-23** Placed On Cal For 8/23/2005
- **2005-08-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-16** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-16** Cal Pursuant 32(a)
- **2005-03-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-02-09** Ref to the Com on Agriculture and, if favorable, to the 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/c5871c07-fc5b-4e3a-b522-ef9b2b29539f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).