---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempt Builders' Inventory."
description: "Exempt Builders' Inventory."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 168"
citation: "North Carolina HB 168 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTRUCTION", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "TAX EXEMPTIONS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "CHAPTERED", "CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brody", "Hager", "Millis"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-05"
last_action: "2015-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/972faef6-c0c5-48c7-865e-209294ea3704"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H168&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5e71a5bfab0e97ccd77549d007694bd584e61db32eafdaa14814e9cbf280d13d"
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 168 (2015) — Exempt Builders' Inventory.

## 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H168v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATM-17-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/5355/0/H168-ATM-17-V-3)
3. **A2: ATD-75-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/5379/0/H168-ATD-75-V-1)
4. **A3: ATM-19-V-4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/5387/0/H168-ATM-19-V-4)
5. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H168v1.pdf)
6. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H168v2.pdf)
7. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H168v3.pdf)
8. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H168v4.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H168v5.pdf)
10. **SL2015-223** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H168v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **102–8** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **38–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brody — primary (person)
- Hager — primary (person)
- Millis — primary (person)
- B. Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Dobson — cosponsor (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Hanes — cosponsor (person)
- Iler — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Riddell — cosponsor (person)
- S. Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Steinburg — cosponsor (person)
- Tine — cosponsor (person)
- Torbett — cosponsor (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Watford — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
- Yarborough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-08-18** Ch. SL 2015-223 `became-law`
- **2015-08-18** Signed by Gov. 8/18/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-17** Pres. To Gov. 08/17/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-08-13** Ratified
- **2015-08-12** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-08-12** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-11** Placed On Cal For 08/12/2015
- **2015-08-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-08-10** Placed On Cal For 08/11/2015
- **2015-08-10** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-08-06** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-08-06** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-08-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-08-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-08-04** Placed On Cal For 08/05/2015
- **2015-08-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-07-22** Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-06-30** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-06-29** Re-ref to Commerce. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-06-18** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-06-18** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-06-17** Ordered Engrossed
- **2015-06-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-17** Amend Adopted A3 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-17** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-17** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-16** Placed On Cal For 06/17/2015
- **2015-06-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-06-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-09** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/972faef6-c0c5-48c7-865e-209294ea3704`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).