---
type: "Bill"
title: "Robbinsville/Graham Occupancy Tax."
description: "Robbinsville/Graham Occupancy Tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 493"
citation: "North Carolina HB 493 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "GRAHAM COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES", "ROBBINSVILLE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-01"
last_action: "2013-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15bf40fe-9bd8-40cd-b93c-9292422ea0cb"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H493&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1ec3dcbadf1847e0c3cf75f505670edbb76d9c6f9865cf07a01c364056acf90a"
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 493 (2013) — Robbinsville/Graham 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H493v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H493v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H493v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H493v3.pdf)
5. **SL2013-351** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H493v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **25–24** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **93–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-25** Ch. SL 2013-351 `became-law`
- **2013-07-25** Ratified
- **2013-07-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-24** Conf Report Adopted
- **2013-07-23** Conf Report Adopted
- **2013-07-23** Placed On Cal For 07/24/2013
- **2013-07-23** Conf Com Reported
- **2013-07-23** Added to Calendar
- **2013-07-23** Conf Com Reported
- **2013-07-22** Conf Com Appointed
- **2013-07-22** Conf Com Appointed
- **2013-07-22** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2013-07-21** Placed On Cal For 07/22/2013
- **2013-07-21** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2013-07-18** Ruled Material
- **2013-07-19** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2013-07-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-07-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-19** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-06-19** Rec From House
- **2013-06-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-12** Placed On Cal For 06/17/2013
- **2013-06-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-22** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-04-02** Ref to the Com on Government, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15bf40fe-9bd8-40cd-b93c-9292422ea0cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).