---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modify Hickory and Conover Occupancy Tax."
description: "Modify Hickory and Conover Occupancy Tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 533"
citation: "North Carolina HB 533 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COUNTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "REP. SETZER", "CATAWBA COUNTY", "HICKORY", "CHAPTERED", "CONOVER", "TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES", "REP. R. WARREN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Warren"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-11"
last_action: "2009-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/deedadcb-867d-4b94-bd2f-c5715f49ac20"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H533&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "995973264fe35eeb833d1504daa37a70db6be139379c78f7e205a42089e08ca3"
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 533 (2009) — Modify Hickory and Conover 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H533v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H533v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H533v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H533v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H533v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H533v5.pdf)
7. **SL2009-169** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H533v6.pdf)

## Votes

- R3 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **90–23** (pass) · lower
- R2 Ruled Mat'l\M11 Concur — **93–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- R. Warren — primary (person)
- E. Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Setzer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-25** Ch. SL 2009-169 `became-law`
- **2009-06-25** Ratified
- **2009-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-06-24** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2009-06-23** Placed On Cal For 6/24/2009
- **2009-06-23** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-23** Com Sub Ruled Material
- **2009-06-23** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-06-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-06-18** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-06-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-27** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-27** Rec From House
- **2009-05-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-05-21** Placed On Cal For 5/26/2009
- **2009-05-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-20** Placed On Cal For 5/21/2009
- **2009-05-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-20** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-06** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-12** Ref to the Com on Local Government II, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/deedadcb-867d-4b94-bd2f-c5715f49ac20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).