---
type: "Bill"
title: "Raise Washington and Lexington Occy. Tax."
description: "Raise Washington and Lexington Occy. Tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "HB 834"
citation: "North Carolina HB 834 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FISCAL NOTES", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "REP. EDWARDS", "BEAUFORT COUNTY", "DAVIDSON COUNTY", "LEXINGTON", "WASHINGTON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-27"
last_action: "2001-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c85ee026-8411-4005-9bab-5282cd013363"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=H834&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "41498f1b1cbcc7ba67a77a88fa06b28298809b11272b2b9be7bbbb43790e6019"
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 834 (2001) — Raise Washington and Lexington Occy. 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/H834v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H834v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H834v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H834v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-365** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/House/PDF/H834v5.pdf)

## Votes

- R3 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **84–23** (pass) · lower
- R2 RULED MAT'L\M11 CONCUR — **87–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edwards — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-13** Ch. SL 2001-365 `became-law`
- **2001-08-13** Ratified
- **2001-08-09** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2001-08-08** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2001-08-07** Placed On Cal For 8/8/2001
- **2001-08-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-08-07** Com Sub Ruled Material
- **2001-08-07** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2001-08-02** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-07-26** Placed On Cal For 8/1/2001
- **2001-07-26** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-07-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-06-27** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2001
- **2001-06-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/26/2001
- **2001-06-21** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-06-20** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-06-20** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-17** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-05-16** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-05-08** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-08** Rec From House
- **2001-05-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2001-05-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-05-02** Placed On Cal For 5/3/2001
- **2001-05-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-28** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c85ee026-8411-4005-9bab-5282cd013363`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).