---
type: "Bill"
title: "Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit."
description: "Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 1259"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1259 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "HISTORIC PRESERVATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TAX CREDITS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "CORPORATE INCOME", "REP. HOWARD", "SUNSETS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-29"
last_action: "2007-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c341454b-06e3-4c4a-8df3-2ed6b31e87fb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H1259&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "640a535dd0c13beb6805a6f0701f710f12c1cbaf8cd62637da32eb5a3b860123"
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 1259 (2007) — Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit.

## 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1259v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1259v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1259v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-461** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1259v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-28** Ch. SL 2007-461 `became-law`
- **2007-08-28** Signed By Gov. 8/28/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-31** Pres. To Gov. 7/31/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-31** Ratified
- **2007-07-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-11** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-11** Rec From House
- **2007-07-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-03** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2007
- **2007-07-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-02** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-29** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c341454b-06e3-4c4a-8df3-2ed6b31e87fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).