---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corrected Reval./Minimal Refunds/Prop. Taxes."
description: "Corrected Reval./Minimal Refunds/Prop. Taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 159"
citation: "North Carolina SB 159 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPRAISALS", "COUNTIES", "DEBTOR & CREDITOR", "PRESENTED", "PROPERTY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "CHAPTERED", "TAX COLLECTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tarte"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-03"
last_action: "2015-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4e0240e-67dd-4444-bbcb-843c4278f929"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S159&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "731f4cb11bf1d1010c29123bc93c891388060a35cfe933705d408d18856445de"
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 (2015) — Corrected Reval./Minimal Refunds/Prop. Taxes.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S159v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ATD-17-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/4068/0/S159-ATD-17-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S159v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S159v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S159v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S159v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S159v5.pdf)
8. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S159v6.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S159v7.pdf)
10. **SL2015-266** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S159v8.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tarte — primary (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Rucho — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-10-01** Ch. SL 2015-266 `became-law`
- **2015-10-01** Signed by Gov. 10/1/2015 `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-30** Pres. To Gov. 09/30/2015 `executive-receipt`
- **2015-09-29** Ratified
- **2015-09-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-09-29** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-28** Placed On Cal For 09/29/2015
- **2015-09-28** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2015-09-28** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2015-09-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2015-09-28** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-09-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-09-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-09-24** Added to Calendar
- **2015-09-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-09-24** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-09-23** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-23** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-08-10** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-28** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-27** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-04-27** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-04-23** Engrossed
- **2015-04-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-22** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-04-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-24** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-03-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-09** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-09** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-04** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4e0240e-67dd-4444-bbcb-843c4278f929`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).