---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various Local Occupancy Taxes."
description: "Various Local Occupancy Taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 1298"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1298 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "MONTGOMERY COUNTY", "ROBESON COUNTY", "ANSON COUNTY", "WILKES COUNTY", "DARE COUNTY", "DAVIE COUNTY", "PEMBROKE", "CHAPTERED", "TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES", "COOLEEMEE", "MOCKSVILLE", "BERMUDA RUN", "SEN. WALTERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-05-19"
last_action: "2010-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c6198aa-1a56-4e23-b714-7fdb51c75f82"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S1298&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "d40b2a2835b480028f036c5c60f832a526ff344d1ce659ff33407bcacdf63c6a"
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 SB 1298 (2009) — Various Local Occupancy Taxes.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S1298v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1298v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1298v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1298v3.pdf)
5. **SL2010-78** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1298v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **42–4** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **44–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Blue — cosponsor (person)
- Foriest — cosponsor (person)
- Goss — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Vaughan — cosponsor (person)
- Walters — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-09** Ch. SL 2010-78 `became-law`
- **2010-07-09** Ratified
- **2010-07-08** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2010-07-07** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2010-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2010
- **2010-07-06** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2010-07-06** Rec From House
- **2010-07-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-07-01** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2010
- **2010-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-23** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-23** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-09** Ref to the Com on Local Government II, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-06-07** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-06-03** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-06-02** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-20** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c6198aa-1a56-4e23-b714-7fdb51c75f82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).