---
type: "Bill"
title: "Streamlined Sales Tax Changes."
description: "Streamlined Sales Tax Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 257"
citation: "North Carolina HB 257 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "DATA SYSTEMS", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "REVENUE DEPT.", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "SALES & USE", "TRANSPORTATION", "REP. BRUBAKER", "REP. CHURCH", "REP. HILL", "REP. LUEBKE", "REP. WAINWRIGHT", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. CARNEY", "REP. WILKINS", "BOATS & WATERCRAFT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-19"
last_action: "2007-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3afac5ec-db98-4b85-9b20-b713d8cd0596"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H257&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b6c9d572b246cd691ed4c03a33c3acb9ff682307daca6a3cf342c662c611b97c"
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 257 (2007) — Streamlined Sales 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H257v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H257v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H257v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H257v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H257v4.pdf)
6. **SL2007-244** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H257v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Brubaker — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Church — cosponsor (person)
- Haire — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-20** Ch. SL 2007-244 `became-law`
- **2007-07-20** Signed By Gov. 7/20/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-12** Pres. To Gov. 7/12/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-11** Ratified
- **2007-07-10** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2007
- **2007-07-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-09** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-07-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-06-28** Placed On Cal For 7/3/2007
- **2007-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-06-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-06-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-26** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** Rec From House
- **2007-04-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-04-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-04-23** Placed On Cal For 4/24/2007
- **2007-04-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-04-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-20** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3afac5ec-db98-4b85-9b20-b713d8cd0596`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).