---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require Certain General Reappraisals."
description: "Require Certain General Reappraisals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 159"
citation: "North Carolina SB 159 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPRAISALS", "HOUSING", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tarte"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-04"
last_action: "2013-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8efce03b-ce91-4181-96db-b941416a36cb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S159&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "240cf81001bc3eb772a9aaac109de4b9933e01ada53278dad7976637ed2b6344"
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 SB 159 (2013) — Require Certain General Reappraisals.

## 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/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S159v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S159v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S159v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S159v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-362** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S159v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion 9 To Concur Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tarte — primary (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Goolsby — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-26** Ch. SL 2013-362 `became-law`
- **2013-07-26** Signed by Gov. 7/26/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 07/19/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-18** Ratified
- **2013-07-18** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-18** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2013-07-17** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2013-07-16** Placed On Cal For 07/17/2013
- **2013-07-16** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-07-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-11** Added to Calendar
- **2013-07-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-07-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-27** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-06** Re-ref Com On Regulatory Reform `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-02** Ref to the Com on Government, if favorable, Regulatory Reform, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-01** Rec From Senate
- **2013-03-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-03-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-05** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8efce03b-ce91-4181-96db-b941416a36cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).