---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire Service District Tax Rate."
description: "Fire Service District Tax Rate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 32"
citation: "North Carolina SB 32 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACTUARIAL NOTES", "COUNTIES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "RESCUE SQUADS", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. HOYLE", "CHAPTERED", "FIRE DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-01"
last_action: "2005-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de020709-6fac-49db-a9cb-d185a43581ee"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S32&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cf3de9ff7dd10bbdbcb6b79beba098bb2882c144f22e1bd790d484eeffb87912"
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 SB 32 (2005) — Fire Service District Tax Rate.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S32v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S32v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S32v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S32v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S32v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-281** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S32v5.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Third Reading\Motion 7\To Adopt — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-08-18** Ch. SL 2005-281 `became-law`
- **2005-08-18** Signed By Gov. 8/18/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-09** Pres. To Gov. 8/9/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-08** Ratified
- **2005-08-04** Conf Report Adopted 3rd
- **2005-08-04** Adopted `passage`
- **2005-08-03** Placed On Cal For 8/4/2005
- **2005-08-03** Conf Com Reported
- **2005-08-03** Conf Report Adopted 2nd
- **2005-08-03** Placed On Cal For 8/3/2005
- **2005-08-03** Conf Com Reported
- **2005-08-02** Conf Com Appointed
- **2005-07-28** Conf Com Appointed
- **2005-07-28** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2005-07-27** Placed On Cal For 7/28/2005
- **2005-07-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-07-26** Placed On Cal For 7/27/2005
- **2005-07-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-07-21** Placed On Cal For 7/26/2005
- **2005-07-21** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2005-07-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-07-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/20/2005
- **2005-07-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-07-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-07-13** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-07-13** Reptd Com Sub w/o Prejud
- **2005-06-02** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-02** Rec From Senate
- **2005-06-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-06-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-06-01** Placed On Cal For 6/1/2005
- **2005-06-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-02-02** Ref To Com On Pensions & Retirement and Aging `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de020709-6fac-49db-a9cb-d185a43581ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).