---
type: "Bill"
title: "Omnibus Occupancy Taxes."
description: "Omnibus Occupancy Taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 552"
citation: "North Carolina SB 552 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUTHORITIES", "COMMERCE", "COUNTIES", "HOTELS & MOTELS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "SESSION LAWS", "TAXATION", "TAXES", "OCCUPANCY", "TAXES", "SALES & USE", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRAVEL & TOURISM", "YADKIN COUNTY", "ONSLOW COUNTY", "SAMPSON COUNTY", "HARNETT COUNTY", "CATAWBA COUNTY", "LEE COUNTY", "ROWAN COUNTY", "HICKORY", "JACKSONVILLE", "POLK COUNTY", "SANFORD", "CHAPTERED", "SALUDA", "CONOVER", "TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES", "BOATS & WATERCRAFT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tillman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-30"
last_action: "2017-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8021351f-9507-4977-b2e4-2987840c77b8"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S552&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "01facb203da67b74c162efabf2835adf3b40f37f79d96aba01ca65fb8c470b41"
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 SB 552 (2017) — Omnibus Occupancy Taxes.

## 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/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S552v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASVXR-37-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2017/5046/0/S552-ASVXR-37-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S552v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S552v2.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S552v3.pdf)
6. **SL 2017-202** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S552v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Report For Adoption Second Reading — **36–5** (pass) · upper
- Conference Rpt For Adoption Third Reading — **37–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tillman — primary (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-08-03** Ch. SL 2017-202 `became-law`
- **2017-08-03** Ratified
- **2017-08-03** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-08-03** Conf Report Adopted 3rd
- **2017-06-30** Conf Report Passed 2nd
- **2017-06-29** Conf Held As Material
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-06-29** Conf Report Adopted
- **2017-06-29** Added to Calendar
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Reported
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-29** Conf Com Appointed
- **2017-06-29** Failed to Concur in H Com Sub and H Amend
- **2017-06-29** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2017-06-29** Special Message Received for Concurrence in H Com Sub and H Amend
- **2017-06-29** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2017-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-28** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-27** Placed On Cal For 06/28/2017
- **2017-06-27** Ruled Material
- **2017-06-27** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-26** Placed On Cal For 06/27/2017
- **2017-06-26** Ruled Material
- **2017-06-26** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-08** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-27** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-04-27** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-04-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on Today's Supplemental Calendar
- **2017-04-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19** Re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-03** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8021351f-9507-4977-b2e4-2987840c77b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).