---
type: "Bill"
title: "Raise Washington Occupancy Tax."
description: "Raise Washington Occupancy Tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 757"
citation: "North Carolina HB 757 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COUNTIES", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "REP. CULPEPPER", "REP. ROGERS", "WASHINGTON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-22"
last_action: "2001-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/617a0dc7-48a2-4578-9736-02f16b72102e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H757&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "08f25f2afac07cbca2be2ffad18e8f416aa07e3a8fa7477ee9971089994d1b45"
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 757 (2001) — Raise Washington Occupancy Tax.

## Version chain

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

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H757v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H757v2.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H757v3.pdf)
4. **SL 2001-305** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H757v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **42–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **38–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Culpepper — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-24** Ch. SL 2001-305 `became-law`
- **2001-07-24** Ratified
- **2001-07-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-07-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-07-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-15** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-15** Rec From House
- **2001-05-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-05-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-05-09** Placed On Cal For 5/10/2001
- **2001-05-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-26** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/617a0dc7-48a2-4578-9736-02f16b72102e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).