---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forsyth County Occupancy Tax Modifications."
description: "Forsyth County Occupancy Tax Modifications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 854"
citation: "North Carolina HB 854 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "FISCAL NOTES", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "FORSYTH COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MCGEE", "TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-26"
last_action: "2009-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8387e95-1b88-44db-880d-aa74cec0a297"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H854&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e4acd1ba92dd00f626ef1594e5f71dce52f1406280864bc4502de4f90a59b556"
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 854 (2009) — Forsyth County Occupancy Tax Modifications.

## 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/H854v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H854v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H854v2.pdf)
4. **SL2009-157** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H854v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **43–3** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McGee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-23** Ch. SL 2009-157 `became-law`
- **2009-06-23** Ratified
- **2009-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-06-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-06-17** Reptd Fav `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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-15** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-30** Ref to the Com on Local Government I, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-30** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8387e95-1b88-44db-880d-aa74cec0a297`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).