---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Taxation of Logging Machinery."
description: "Amend Taxation of Logging Machinery."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1938"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1938 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "COMMERCE", "FISCAL NOTES", "FOREST PRODUCTS", "FORESTRY", "MANUFACTURING", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "TAX EXEMPTIONS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "SALES & USE", "TIMBER", "REP. CHURCH", "REP. GIBSON", "REP. HILL", "REP. LUEBKE", "REP. MCCOMAS", "REP. WAINWRIGHT", "CHAPTERED", "REP. CARNEY", "REP. UNDERHILL", "REP. WILKINS", "AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT", "INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Church", "McComas", "Wainwright"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-05-11"
last_action: "2006-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1d8e254-82fd-4992-94d5-d4ed49626e3c"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1938&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "71e6e52c2f465ae8fea59cb268c4171eea920d360495b109df97678e684764ee"
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 1938 (2005) — Amend Taxation of Logging Machinery.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1938v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1938v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1938v2.pdf)
4. **SL2006-19** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1938v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Church — primary (person)
- McComas — primary (person)
- Wainwright — primary (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Spear — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Wilkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-06-21** Ch. SL 2006-19 `became-law`
- **2006-06-21** Signed By Gov. 6/21/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-15** Pres. To Gov. 6/15/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-14** Ratified
- **2006-06-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/13/2006
- **2006-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-05-25** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-25** Rec From House
- **2006-05-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-05-23** Placed On Cal For 5/24/2006
- **2006-05-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-05-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-05-15** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1d8e254-82fd-4992-94d5-d4ed49626e3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).