---
type: "Bill"
title: "Leland Occupancy Tax."
description: "Leland Occupancy Tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 2156"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2156 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "BRUNSWICK COUNTY", "GASTON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. STILLER", "TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES", "LELAND", "MOUNT HOLLY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stiller"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-05-15"
last_action: "2008-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4817751a-de8d-43ab-a984-472aed4e69d1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H2156&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "8ebe81112ccf674e287a12096bdafe95b23ac6dbcf56a0ab8669f9b9380ddf39"
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 2156 (2007) — Leland 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2156v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2156v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2156v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2156v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2156v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2156v5.pdf)
7. **SL2008-64** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H2156v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **99–18** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **47–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stiller — primary (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-07-08** Ch. SL 2008-64 `became-law`
- **2008-07-08** Ratified
- **2008-07-07** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/3/2008
- **2008-07-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-07-02** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2008-07-01** Engrossed
- **2008-07-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2008-06-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-06-30** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2008-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-16** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-16** Rec From House
- **2008-06-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2008-06-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-06-10** Placed On Cal For 6/11/2008
- **2008-06-10** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2008-06-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-19** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-15** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4817751a-de8d-43ab-a984-472aed4e69d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).