---
type: "Bill"
title: "Edgecombe County Occupancy Tax Authorization."
description: "Edgecombe County Occupancy Tax Authorization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 529"
citation: "North Carolina HB 529 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "RATIFIED", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "EDGECOMBE COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-02"
last_action: "2013-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab69edd5-056e-40df-a54c-4e474cfdee2d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H529&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1bdc1fcd3c339fc0530b53a36b27c9ce073a512a00569d0edcf9eaa81de61e60"
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 529 (2013) — Edgecombe County Occupancy Tax Authorization.

## 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/H529v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H529v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H529v2.pdf)
4. **SL2013-255** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H529v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **32–11** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **34–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-09** Ch. SL 2013-255 `became-law`
- **2013-07-09** Ratified
- **2013-07-03** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-01** Placed On Cal For 07/02/2013
- **2013-07-01** Withdrawn From Senate Clerk's Office
- **2013-06-27** Held in Senate Clerk's Office
- **2013-06-27** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2013-06-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-25** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-06-25** Rec From House
- **2013-06-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-06-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-06-19** Placed On Cal For 06/20/2013
- **2013-06-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-06-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-06-06** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-04** Ref to the Com on Government, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab69edd5-056e-40df-a54c-4e474cfdee2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).