---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exemption For Baler Twine From Sales Tax."
description: "Exemption For Baler Twine From Sales Tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 487"
citation: "North Carolina HB 487 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "COMMERCE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "TAX EXEMPTIONS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "SALES & USE", "REP. HILL", "CHAPTERED", "AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-05"
last_action: "2007-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a64d60f-d6eb-4f72-960d-c8e878a746f4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H487&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c9ad76eff113a7259ced362c2faff43c7bf60b826cafdb24ed3dae7c70f4e863"
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 487 (2007) — Exemption For Baler Twine From Sales 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H487v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H487v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H487v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-500** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H487v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Saunders — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-08-30** Ch. SL 2007-500 `became-law`
- **2007-08-30** Signed By Gov. 8/30/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-28** Pres. To Gov. 7/28/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-28** Ratified
- **2007-07-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-18** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-18** Rec From House
- **2007-07-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/11/2007
- **2007-07-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-07-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-14** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-06** Ref to the Com on Agriculture and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a64d60f-d6eb-4f72-960d-c8e878a746f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).