---
type: "Bill"
title: "EMS/Fire Dept. Sales Tax Refund."
description: "EMS/Fire Dept. Sales Tax Refund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 511"
citation: "North Carolina HB 511 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "FISCAL NOTES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "TAX REFUNDS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "SALES & USE", "VOLUNTEERS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. WILLIAMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goforth", "Lucas", "Williams"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-09"
last_action: "2009-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40a2f16e-3a50-4cf2-9cd0-af141ab5668f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H511&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "daf14b3afc2ccda788028e79db83ca63c675acfce8cc00e7fb954f8a112ce905"
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 511 (2009) — EMS/Fire Dept. Sales Tax Refund.

## 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/H511v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H511v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H511v2.pdf)
4. **SL2009-233** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H511v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goforth — primary (person)
- Lucas — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- E. Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- E. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- R. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)
- Spear — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-30** Ch. SL 2009-233 `became-law`
- **2009-06-30** Signed By Gov. 6/30/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-25** Pres. To Gov. 6/25/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-24** Ratified
- **2009-06-23** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-18** Placed On Cal For 6/23/2009
- **2009-06-18** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-06-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-08** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-08** Rec From House
- **2009-06-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-03** Placed On Cal For 6/4/2009
- **2009-06-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-03** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-08** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-10** Ref to the Com on Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-09** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40a2f16e-3a50-4cf2-9cd0-af141ab5668f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).