---
type: "Bill"
title: "Henderson County Occupancy Tax Changes."
description: "Henderson County Occupancy Tax Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 1215"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1215 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARTS", "AUTHORITIES", "COUNTIES", "CULTURAL RESOURCES", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "HENDERSON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES", "TAX DISTRIBUTION", "FLAT ROCK", "REP. MCGRADY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-05-30"
last_action: "2012-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/950ce039-52de-4306-8841-ca3a4c03653e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H1215&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5c173cebc88b859ca6da5681d0e7014fd835ed328e21b5760c55e2f61a25f1a1"
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 1215 (2011) — Henderson County Occupancy Tax Changes.

## 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/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H1215v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H1215v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H1215v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H1215v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H1215v4.pdf)
6. **SA1: ALB-195-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7525/0/H1215-ALB-195-V-1)
7. **SL2012-144** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H1215v5.pdf)

## Votes

- C Rpt Adopt — **85–29** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt\Motion 8\To Adopt — **27–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McGrady — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-07-03** Ch. SL 2012-144 `became-law`
- **2012-07-03** Ratified
- **2012-07-03** Conf Report Adopted
- **2012-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2012
- **2012-07-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2012-07-02** Conf Report Adopted
- **2012-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2012
- **2012-07-02** Conf Com Reported
- **2012-06-29** Conf Com Appointed
- **2012-06-28** Conf Com Appointed
- **2012-06-28** Failed concur in S/Com Sub
- **2012-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2012
- **2012-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-28** Rec To Concur In S Amend 1
- **2012-06-28** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2012-06-28** Rec From Senate
- **2012-06-28** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2012-06-28** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2012
- **2012-06-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2012-06-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-26** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-06-26** Rec From House
- **2012-06-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2012-06-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/21/2012
- **2012-06-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-31** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-31** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-05-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/950ce039-52de-4306-8841-ca3a4c03653e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).