---
type: "Bill"
title: "Church Tax Exemption/Driving Privileges."
description: "Church Tax Exemption/Driving Privileges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 229"
citation: "North Carolina HB 229 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDINGS", "CONSTRUCTION", "DMV", "DRIVERS LICENSES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "RELIGION & RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS", "TAX EXEMPTIONS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McNeill", "Riddell", "Shepard"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-12"
last_action: "2015-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ac8755b-f33f-4148-866a-3b65d60ffe9d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H229&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c323ac9608182dc3a7dfb2309d44c7fd312f6755e2fe1d80f665b9db1dcdad53"
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 229 (2015) — Church Tax Exemption/Driving Privileges.

## 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/H229v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H229v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H229v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H229v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H229v4.pdf)
6. **SL2015-185** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H229v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **105–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McNeill — primary (person)
- Riddell — primary (person)
- Shepard — primary (person)
- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Speciale — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-08-05** Ch. SL 2015-185 `became-law`
- **2015-08-05** Signed by Gov. 8/5/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-30** Pres. To Gov. 7/30/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-29** Ratified
- **2015-07-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-07-28** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-27** Placed On Cal For 07/28/2015
- **2015-07-27** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-07-23** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-07-23** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-07-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-07-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-22** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-30** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-30** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-03-26** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-03-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-03-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-26** Added to Calendar
- **2015-03-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-03-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-16** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ac8755b-f33f-4148-866a-3b65d60ffe9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).