---
type: "Bill"
title: "Durham County Occupancy Tax Modification."
description: "Durham County Occupancy Tax Modification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 2477"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2477 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARTS", "BUDGETING", "BUILDINGS", "CONSTRUCTION", "COUNTIES", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "FUNDING", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "REP. MILLER", "DURHAM COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-05-23"
last_action: "2006-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21a2708d-f48c-4439-802a-9f4c9e05cbde"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H2477&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "77ed2b576b35a2d8ba19f68cb4c3b7366a17d2c03976ff0407de2b7601ddfd02"
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 2477 (2005) — Durham County Occupancy Tax Modification.

## 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/H2477v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2477v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2477v2.pdf)
4. **SL2006-98** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2477v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **38–5** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **44–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Miller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-07-11** Ch. SL 2006-98 `became-law`
- **2006-07-11** Ratified
- **2006-07-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2006-07-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-07-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-28** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-28** Rec From House
- **2006-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2006-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **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/21a2708d-f48c-4439-802a-9f4c9e05cbde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).