---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit Use of Tax Zapper Software."
description: "Prohibit Use of Tax Zapper Software."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 465"
citation: "North Carolina SB 465 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CRIMES", "FRAUD", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "SALES & USE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown", "McKissick"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-27"
last_action: "2013-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f9ac0d7-6eba-4ed8-8ab2-333c9e459aa8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S465&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0d9c7b52a77118948c8a7ebc7039b4fc2301995bc958658719783d9e3e31c4b1"
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 465 (2013) — Prohibit Use of Tax Zapper Software.

## 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/S465v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AMC-5-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/5106/0/S465-AMC-5-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S465v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S465v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S465v3.pdf)
6. **SL2013-301** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S465v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Amendment 1 — **44–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)
- McKissick — primary (person)
- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-18** Ch. SL 2013-301 `became-law`
- **2013-07-18** Signed by Gov. 7/18/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-11** Pres. To Gov. 07/12/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-11** Ratified
- **2013-07-10** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-09** Placed On Cal For 07/10/2013
- **2013-07-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-07-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-05-30** Re-ref Com On Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-15** Ref to the Com on Judiciary Subcommittee C, if favorable, Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-14** Rec From Senate
- **2013-05-13** Engrossed
- **2013-05-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-13** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-09** Placed On Cal For 05/13/2013
- **2013-05-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-05-08** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-08** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-05-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-28** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f9ac0d7-6eba-4ed8-8ab2-333c9e459aa8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).