---
type: "Bill"
title: "Northampton County Occupancy Tax."
description: "Northampton County Occupancy Tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 792"
citation: "North Carolina HB 792 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "CHAPTERED", "NORTHAMPTON COUNTY", "TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES", "REP. WRAY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-14"
last_action: "2007-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8198b4ed-1d29-4ff1-897b-6c3162479630"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H792&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1357ecc1ae7e29cf5472ee8f00337d8a95d6b5a4cb5c268e8a66b0312738be7e"
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 792 (2007) — Northampton County 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/H792v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H792v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H792v2.pdf)
4. **SL2007-223** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H792v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **37–3** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **43–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-16** Ch. SL 2007-223 `became-law`
- **2007-07-16** Ratified
- **2007-07-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-07-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-07-03** Placed On Cal For 7/11/2007
- **2007-07-03** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-06-28** Placed On Cal For 7/3/2007
- **2007-06-28** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2007-06-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-07** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-07** Rec From House
- **2007-06-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2007-06-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-06-04** Placed On Cal For 6/5/2007
- **2007-06-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-15** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8198b4ed-1d29-4ff1-897b-6c3162479630`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).