---
type: "Bill"
title: "Halifax/Ahoskie Occupancy Tax."
description: "Halifax/Ahoskie Occupancy Tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 2445"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2445 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COUNTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "HALIFAX COUNTY", "HERTFORD COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. L. ALLEN", "TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES", "AHOSKIE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Allen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-05-23"
last_action: "2006-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a3332bc-8a57-455d-b1a2-8dbe8968ab25"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H2445&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4d962487a91c82aa571f7f588878691a0a2799eb34de838039ec004105abf170"
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 2445 (2005) — Halifax/Ahoskie Occupancy Tax.

## 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/H2445v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2445v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2445v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2445v3.pdf)
5. **SL2006-164** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2445v4.pdf)

## Votes

- R2 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **85–21** (pass) · lower
- R3 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **90–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- L. Allen — primary (person)
- Ed Jones — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-07-26** Ch. SL 2006-164 `became-law`
- **2006-07-26** Ratified
- **2006-07-25** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2006-07-24** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2006-07-24** Reconsidered Concurrence
- **2006-07-24** Conf Com Withdrawn/dismi
- **2006-07-19** Conf Com Appointed
- **2006-07-17** Conf Com Appointed
- **2006-07-17** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2006-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2006
- **2006-07-13** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-13** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-07-10** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2006-07-10** Com Sub Ruled Material
- **2006-07-10** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2006-07-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2006-07-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-07-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2006-07-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-28** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-28** Rec From House
- **2006-06-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-26** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2006
- **2006-06-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-06-22** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-05-24** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a3332bc-8a57-455d-b1a2-8dbe8968ab25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).