---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fuel Tax Refund for Pumpers and Sweepers."
description: "Fuel Tax Refund for Pumpers and Sweepers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 356"
citation: "North Carolina SB 356 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FISCAL NOTES", "FUELS", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "FUEL", "TRUCKS", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "SEN. HARTSELL", "SEN. HOYLE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-02"
last_action: "2005-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9da3357f-5015-4a52-9d47-bf331bcbf6a2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S356&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b07dde4b50f4895ca828408cc55df7a89cde36aef5bef0f8cc9abadba2d12248"
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 356 (2005) — Fuel Tax Refund for Pumpers and Sweepers.

## 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/S356v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S356v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S356v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S356v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-377** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S356v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-08** Ch. SL 2005-377 `became-law`
- **2005-09-08** Signed By Gov. 9/8/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-26** Pres. To Gov. 8/24/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-24** Ratified
- **2005-08-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-24** Placed On Cal For 8/24/2005
- **2005-08-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-26** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-26** Rec From Senate
- **2005-04-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-04-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-03** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9da3357f-5015-4a52-9d47-bf331bcbf6a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).