---
type: "Bill"
title: "Graham, Buncombe Occ. Tax/Stokesdale Fire."
description: "Graham, Buncombe Occ. Tax/Stokesdale Fire."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 347"
citation: "North Carolina HB 347 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "ELECTIONS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PROPERTY", "RATIFIED", "REAL ESTATE", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TAXES", "PROPERTY", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "ROCKINGHAM COUNTY", "BUNCOMBE COUNTY", "GUILFORD COUNTY", "GRAHAM COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "FIRE DISTRICTS", "TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES", "STOKESDALE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-03-24"
last_action: "2015-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7da8056-d282-420f-beef-5c171857449a"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H347&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "662ffa296f0d5ab44c274d94b697acb15004b057b768ba7b68dcb5766a362c4b"
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 347 (2015) — Graham, Buncombe Occ. Tax/Stokesdale Fire.

## 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H347v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASV-59-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/5079/0/H347-ASV-59-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H347v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H347v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H347v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H347v4.pdf)
7. **SL2015-128** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H347v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur R3 Ruled Mat'l — **88–15** (pass) · lower
- M11 Concur Second Reading — **96–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-06-29** Ch. SL 2015-128 `became-law`
- **2015-06-29** Ratified
- **2015-06-25** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-06-25** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2015-06-24** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2015-06-24** Added to Calendar
- **2015-06-24** Conf Com Dismissed
- **2015-06-08** Conf Com Appointed
- **2015-06-04** Conf Com Appointed
- **2015-06-04** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2015-06-03** Placed On Cal For 06/04/2015
- **2015-06-03** Ruled Material
- **2015-06-03** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-06-02** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-06-02** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2015-06-01** Engrossed
- **2015-06-01** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-06-01** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-05-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-05-22** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-05-11** Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-23** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-23** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-21** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-04-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-01** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-26** Ref to the Com on Local Government, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7da8056-d282-420f-beef-5c171857449a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).