---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various Municipal Occupancy Taxes."
description: "Various Municipal Occupancy Taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 80"
citation: "North Carolina SB 80 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COUNTIES", "FISCAL NOTES", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "ONSLOW COUNTY", "GASTON COUNTY", "CALDWELL COUNTY", "JACKSONVILLE", "CHAPTERED", "RANLO", "TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES", "MOUNT HOLLY", "SEN. BROWN", "CRAMERTON", "MCADENVILLE", "LOWELL", "LENOIR"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-05"
last_action: "2009-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5019193a-0a14-435d-ada0-6d701537b37a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S80&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b987f256853ab416925af986f92d3caa2fb0c1c7c5c80ae84b2acfb442be6e5b"
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 80 (2009) — Various Municipal 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/S80v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASVX-8-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1491/0/S80-ASVX-8-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S80v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S80v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S80v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S80v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S80v5.pdf)
8. **SL2009-429** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S80v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **42–5** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **41–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-06** Ch. SL 2009-429 `became-law`
- **2009-08-06** Ratified
- **2009-08-06** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2009-08-05** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2009-08-04** Placed On Cal For 8/5/2009
- **2009-08-03** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-08-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-07-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-29** Placed On Cal For 7/30/2009
- **2009-07-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-29** Reptd Fav Com Sub 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-17** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-02** Ref to the Com on Local Government I, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-05-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-26** Amends Ruled Material
- **2009-05-26** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-21** Placed On Cal For 5/26/2009
- **2009-05-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-10** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5019193a-0a14-435d-ada0-6d701537b37a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).