---
type: "Bill"
title: "Various Occupancy Tax Changes."
description: "Various Occupancy Tax Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 531"
citation: "North Carolina HB 531 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "BUILDINGS", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "FOOD SERVICES", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "CUMBERLAND COUNTY", "MOORE COUNTY", "HARNETT COUNTY", "GOLDSBORO", "WAYNE COUNTY", "LEE COUNTY", "SANFORD", "AVERASBORO", "CHAPTERED", "TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES", "PUBLIC BUILDINGS", "TAX DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dixon", "J. Bell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-01"
last_action: "2015-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56b32500-9298-45ea-9402-6f5710ff5a8d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H531&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4c9ec76b2e4f3b3d6f9990ff6af204d8791b78f400677ddb3bc1245852015a24"
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 531 (2015) — Various 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H531v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H531v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H531v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H531v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H531v4.pdf)
6. **SL2015-255** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H531v5.pdf)

## Votes

- C RPT Adoption — **95–19** (pass) · lower
- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **38–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dixon — primary (person)
- J. Bell — primary (person)
- Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- L. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-09-29** Ch. SL 2015-255 `became-law`
- **2015-09-29** Ratified
- **2015-09-29** Ordered Enrolled
- **2015-09-29** Conf Report Adopted
- **2015-09-29** Added to Calendar
- **2015-09-29** Conf Com Reported
- **2015-09-29** Conf Report Adopted
- **2015-09-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2015-09-29** Conf Com Reported
- **2015-09-28** Conf Com Appointed
- **2015-09-24** Conf Com Appointed
- **2015-09-24** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2015-09-23** Placed On Cal For 09/24/2015
- **2015-09-23** Ruled Material
- **2015-09-23** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2015-09-23** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2015-09-23** Special Message Sent To House
- **2015-09-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-09-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-09-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2015-09-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-08-04** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-04** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-07-22** Ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-07-22** Special Message Received From House
- **2015-07-21** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-07-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-07-20** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-07-16** Placed On Cal For 07/20/2015
- **2015-07-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2015-07-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-02** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56b32500-9298-45ea-9402-6f5710ff5a8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).