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Votes at a glance: House advances local tax bills, passes birth-certificate measure and adopts Israel resolution
Summary
On June 4 the North Carolina House approved local occupancy-tax bills for Haywood County and Nash/Rocky Mount, passed a measure easing access to adopted persons' birth certificates, and adopted a resolution expressing support for Israel. Vote tallies and brief descriptions of each action are listed.
The North Carolina House recorded several roll-call and voice-vote actions on June 4, 2025. Key outcomes:
House Bill 169 (Haywood County occupancy tax modifications) Representative Pless described the bill as a local measure to recognize areas of Haywood County and to raise the occupancy tax to 6% (from 4%). The House passed the committee substitute on second reading by recorded vote, 101–4, and the bill was placed on the calendar for next Tuesday.
House Bill 332 (Nash/Rocky Mount occupancy tax) Representative Chesser said the bill creates two separate tourism development authorities (one for Nash County and one for the City of Rocky Mount), distributing the same tax revenues and allowing each to appoint a board. The House approved the committee substitute on second reading, 104–2; it will be calendared for Tuesday.
Senate Bill 248 (birth certificates for persons adopted) Representative Stevens described this as a straightforward measure to digitize birth certificates for adopted persons and provide them to local registers of deeds within two days of request, while restricting public access. The committee substitute passed second reading, 104–0, and was read and passed on third reading; the bill was ordered enrolled and sent to the governor.
House Resolution 1013 (support for Israel) Representative Campbell urged approval of a resolution expressing the House's support for Israel and condemning violence. The resolution was adopted (recorded vote 98–0 on the adoption vote) and ordered printed.
Other procedural items The enrolling clerk listed additional bills prepared for presentation to the governor, including measures described earlier in the session. The House also recognized former U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole and extended courtesies to numerous guests and visiting delegations.
What to watch next Senate Bill 153, the committee substitute that would direct state-agency cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, passed the House after extended debate and was returned to the Senate. That measure drew the session's most sustained controversy; details and the recorded votes are summarized in a separate dispatch on the floor debate.
