---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property Tax Reappraisal Moratorium."
description: "Property Tax Reappraisal Moratorium."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 889"
citation: "North Carolina SB 889 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPRAISALS; COUNTIES; FEES; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MORATORIUMS; PRESENTED; PROPERTY; PUBLIC; RATIFIED; REAL ESTATE; REVENUE DEPT.; TAXATION; TAXES", "PROPERTY; CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berger", "Jackson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-04-28"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7e7e062-eeab-4dde-a645-7dab3d923632"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S889"
source_hash: "0ffd6b681ada1ed4a652bc8d706253d5c58a74cf8e450c9f07c4457601ac9961"
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 889 (2025) — Property Tax Reappraisal Moratorium.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S889v0.pdf)
2. **A2: ABAF-35-V-8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2025/8912/0/S889-ABAF-35-V-8)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S889v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S889v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S889v3.pdf)
6. **SL 2026-8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S889v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **71–44** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **69–43** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berger — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Burgin — cosponsor (person)
- Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Galey — cosponsor (person)
- Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
- Lazzara — cosponsor (person)
- McInnis — cosponsor (person)
- Measmer — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Settle — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-06-19** Ch. SL 2026-8 `became-law`
- **2026-06-19** Signed by Gov. 6/19/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-10** Pres. To Gov. 6/10/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-10** Ratified
- **2026-06-10** Ordered Enrolled
- **2026-06-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-06-09** Added to Calendar
- **2026-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2026-06-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-09** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-08** Re-ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2026-06-08** Re-ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2026-06-03** Re-ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-03** Withdrawn From Com
- **2026-05-11** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-05-07** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2026-05-07** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2026-05-06** Engrossed
- **2026-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-05-05** Amendment Withdrawn A3 `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2026-05-05** Amend Failed A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2026-05-05** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2026-05-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-29** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-29** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-29** Withdrawn From Com
- **2026-04-29** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-29** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-04-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7e7e062-eeab-4dde-a645-7dab3d923632`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).