---
type: "Bill"
title: "Equalize Tax on Propane Used as a Motor Fuel."
description: "Equalize Tax on Propane Used as a Motor Fuel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 448"
citation: "North Carolina SB 448 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FUELS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "FUEL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-25"
last_action: "2015-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77b9b5d7-9bf3-4b11-adb4-ed0e015236de"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S448&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8c07bd7b57759f3e3940bd2d89ff4d94e8cbdbadaffa3780611902743efd6048"
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 448 (2015) — Equalize Tax on Propane Used as a Motor Fuel.

## 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/S448v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S448v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S448v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S448v3.pdf)
5. **SL2015-224** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S448v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-08-18** Ch. SL 2015-224 `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** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-08-12** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-08-11** Placed On Cal For 08/12/2015
- **2015-08-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-08-11** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-06-30** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-06-15** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-06-11** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2015-06-11** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-06-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-06-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-20** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-30** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-03-26** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-25** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77b9b5d7-9bf3-4b11-adb4-ed0e015236de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).