---
type: "Bill"
title: "Harm or Hinder Law or Assistance Animals."
description: "Harm or Hinder Law or Assistance Animals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 646"
citation: "North Carolina SB 646 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "CRIMES", "DOMESTIC ANIMALS", "FISCAL NOTES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. RAND", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-21"
last_action: "2001-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6623eb58-0279-4758-b8c1-5b6c55119618"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S646&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c1f709f5697916e9e81d3c302fc09760e749063d90a0db4f52d6442ecadb30ec"
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 646 (2001) — Harm or Hinder Law or Assistance Animals.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S646v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S646v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S646v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S646v4.pdf)
5. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S646v5.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S646v6.pdf)
7. **SL 2001-411** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S646v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Rand — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-14** Ch. SL 2001-411 `became-law`
- **2001-09-14** Signed By Gov. 9/14/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-10** Pres. To Gov. 9/7/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-09-06** Ratified
- **2001-09-04** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-03** Placed On Cal For 9/4/2001
- **2001-09-03** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-08-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-08-28** Placed On Cal For 8/29/2001
- **2001-08-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-08-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-08-13** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2001-08-13** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-08-09** Postponed To 8/13/2001
- **2001-08-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2001-08-08** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-02** Postponed To 8/7/2001
- **2001-08-01** Placed On Cal For 8/2/2001
- **2001-08-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-08-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-30** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-30** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-25** Placed On Cal For 4/25/2001
- **2001-04-25** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-03-22** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-21** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6623eb58-0279-4758-b8c1-5b6c55119618`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).