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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Ordinances Regulating Animals."
+description: "Ordinances Regulating Animals."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
+legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
+session: "2015"
+identifier: "HB 553"
+citation: "North Carolina HB 553 (2015)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "ANIMAL CONTROL", "ANIMALS", "DOMESTIC ANIMALS", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "LIVESTOCK & POULTRY", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "ANIMAL WELFARE", "LOCAL ORDINANCES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Langdon", "McGrady", "Whitmire"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2015-04-02"
+last_action: "2015-08-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a84a59a-0a7d-4216-97a7-0f57cb0f03c4"
+source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H553&votesToView=all"
+source_hash: "0e8c7bd0e57ae2f0e69057ce25a1d8945fb6725ec335e299795aa339a39fb639"
+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 553 (2015) — Ordinances Regulating Animals.
+
+## 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/H553v0.pdf)
+2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H553v1.pdf)
+3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H553v2.pdf)
+4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H553v3.pdf)
+5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H553v4.pdf)
+6. **SL2015-192** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H553v5.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper
+- M11 Concur — **88–16** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Langdon — primary (person)
+- McGrady — primary (person)
+- Whitmire — primary (person)
+- Ager — cosponsor (person)
+- Dixon — cosponsor (person)
+- Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
+- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
+- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
+- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-08-05** Ch. SL 2015-192 `became-law`
+- **2015-08-05** Signed by Gov. 8/5/2015 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-08-04** Pres. To Gov. 8/4/2015 `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-08-03** Ratified
+- **2015-07-30** Ordered Enrolled
+- **2015-07-30** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
+- **2015-07-29** Placed On Cal For 07/30/2015
+- **2015-07-29** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
+- **2015-07-28** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
+- **2015-07-28** Regular Message Sent To House
+- **2015-07-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2015-07-23** Placed On Cal For 07/27/2015
+- **2015-07-23** Reconsidered 3rd Reading
+- **2015-07-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
+- **2015-07-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2015-07-22** Com Substitute Adopted
+- **2015-07-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-06-11** Re-ref Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2015-06-11** Withdrawn From Com
+- **2015-04-22** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
+- **2015-04-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2015-04-22** Regular Message Received From House
+- **2015-04-22** Regular Message Sent To Senate
+- **2015-04-21** 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 Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-04-06** Ref To Com On Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2015-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
+- **2015-04-02** Filed `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a84a59a-0a7d-4216-97a7-0f57cb0f03c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).
+