---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sales Tax Changes/Study Competing Systems."
description: "Sales Tax Changes/Study Competing Systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 455"
citation: "North Carolina HB 455 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CALENDAR", "COMMERCE", "COMMITTEES", "DISEASES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MEDIA", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "REVENUE LAWS STUDY COMM.", "STUDIES", "TAX REFUNDS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "SALES & USE", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELEVISION", "TITLE CHANGE", "UTILITIES", "REP. INSKO", "CHAPTERED", "TAX COLLECTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryant", "Current", "Insko"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-05"
last_action: "2010-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b613285-6aeb-4168-9bbc-fc8b178d279b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H455&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f073b1f0e764e52db9c5fac502f2c5601f3fd5a461322ca3c8b817216f68b311"
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 455 (2009) — Sales Tax Changes/Study Competing Systems.

## 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H455v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H455v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H455v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H455v3.pdf)
5. **SL2010-153** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H455v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Not Concur — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- C Rpt Adopt — **91–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryant — primary (person)
- Current — primary (person)
- Insko — primary (person)
- Burris-Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Earle — cosponsor (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Mackey — cosponsor (person)
- Neumann — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-22** Ch. SL 2010-153 `became-law`
- **2010-07-22** Signed By Gov. 7/22/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-10** Pres. To Gov. 7/10/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-10** Ratified
- **2010-07-10** Conf Report Adopted
- **2010-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2010
- **2010-07-10** Conf Com Reported
- **2010-07-10** Conf Report Adopted
- **2010-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2010
- **2010-07-10** Conf Com Reported
- **2010-07-10** Conf Com Appointed
- **2010-07-10** Conf Com Appointed
- **2010-07-10** Failed concur in S/Com Sub
- **2010-07-10** Placed On Cal For 7/10/2010
- **2010-07-10** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2010-07-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-07-09** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2010
- **2010-07-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-07-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-08** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-05-07** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-07** Rec From House
- **2009-05-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-05** Placed On Cal For 5/6/2009
- **2009-05-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-23** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-03-19** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-09** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b613285-6aeb-4168-9bbc-fc8b178d279b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).