---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coins/Currency/Bullion Sales Tax Exemption."
description: "Coins/Currency/Bullion Sales Tax Exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 434"
citation: "North Carolina HB 434 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CURRENCY & COINS", "INVESTMENTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "SALES & USE", "CHAPTERED", "PRECIOUS METALS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bumgardner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-22"
last_action: "2017-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d253d11d-dc98-41b3-8951-41f3afd79996"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H434&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b6c7bd994760bac44aab8041d2375f0a76776b2abbd36145f3a9248db3762579"
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 434 (2017) — Coins/Currency/Bullion Sales Tax Exemption.

## 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/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H434v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H434v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H434v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2017-181** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/House/PDF/H434v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **104–8** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **35–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bumgardner — primary (person)
- Brody — cosponsor (person)
- Clampitt — cosponsor (person)
- Collins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-25** Ch. SL 2017-181 `became-law`
- **2017-07-25** Signed by Gov. 7/25/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-28** Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-28** Ratified
- **2017-06-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-21** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-01** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-05-25** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-05-25** Regular Message Received From House
- **2017-05-24** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-05-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-18** Placed On Cal For 05/23/2017
- **2017-05-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-05-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d253d11d-dc98-41b3-8951-41f3afd79996`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).