---
type: "Bill"
title: "Buncombe 1/4 Cent Sales Tax Use Restriction."
description: "Buncombe 1/4 Cent Sales Tax Use Restriction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 267"
citation: "North Carolina SB 267 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COMMERCE", "COMMUNITY COLLEGES", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "ELECTIONS", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "REFERENDUM & INITIATIVE", "RETAILING", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "SALES & USE", "BUNCOMBE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-14"
last_action: "2020-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9b61018-6837-4c53-94b9-92a2ab0e3a28"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S267&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d4ca15f1354afe917262ed7042047480dc7754a30334ca7fd9cf23ba00243792"
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 267 (2019) — Buncombe 1/4 Cent Sales Tax Use Restriction.

## 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/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S267v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S267v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S267v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S267v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S267v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2020-9** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S267v5.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)
- Van Duyn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-08** Ch. SL 2020-9 `became-law`
- **2020-06-08** Ratified
- **2020-06-04** Ordered Enrolled
- **2020-06-04** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-04** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-03** Placed On Cal For 06/04/2020
- **2020-06-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2020-06-03** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-07-04** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-07-02** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2019-07-02** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-07-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-07-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-06-18** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-13** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-06-13** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-11** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-18** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9b61018-6837-4c53-94b9-92a2ab0e3a28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).