---
type: "Bill"
title: "Const. Amd. - Max. Income Tax Rate of 7.0%."
description: "Const. Amd. - Max. Income Tax Rate of 7.0%."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 75"
citation: "North Carolina SB 75 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTITUTION", "NC", "ELECTIONS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUMS & INITIATIVES", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "INDIVIDUAL INCOME", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brock", "Tucker"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-14"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/574bff77-d960-4515-8863-62d0d81fa33e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S75&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "cd7a26f0dc2942e1bfaf293635ffb0a141ec2a8229292104b75d49df38fb4496"
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 75 (2017) — Const. Amd. - Max. Income Tax Rate of 7.0%.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S75v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S75v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S75v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S75v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S75v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2018-119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S75v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **73–45** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **34–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brock — primary (person)
- Tucker — primary (person)
- Ballard — cosponsor (person)
- Barefoot — cosponsor (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel — cosponsor (person)
- Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Hise — cosponsor (person)
- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Krawiec — cosponsor (person)
- Pate — cosponsor (person)
- Rabin — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-28** Ch. SL 2018-119 `became-law`
- **2018-06-28** Ratified
- **2018-06-28** Ordered Enrolled
- **2018-06-28** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-28** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2018-06-28** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2018-06-28** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2018-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-06-27** Added to Calendar
- **2018-06-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-27** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-27** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2018-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2018
- **2018-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2018-06-25** Placed On Cal For 06/26/2018
- **2018-06-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2018-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-13** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-15** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-03-15** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-03-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09** Placed On Cal For 03/14/2017
- **2017-03-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-16** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-02-15** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/574bff77-d960-4515-8863-62d0d81fa33e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).