---
type: "Bill"
title: "Control Foot & Mouth/Animal Disease Outbreaks."
description: "Control Foot & Mouth/Animal Disease Outbreaks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 779"
citation: "North Carolina SB 779 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "ANIMALS", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "DISEASES", "INSPECTIONS", "LIVESTOCK & POULTRY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "VETERINARY MEDICINE", "SEN. ALBERTSON", "SUNSETS", "STATE VETERINARIAN", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-02"
last_action: "2001-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39e0ed2d-a66d-4491-9289-d718c601ba52"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S779&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "c046a5c8f05a9299c8fb58f83d07fb6ab851b3464f9a155066db249a7cf53c6e"
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 779 (2001) — Control Foot & Mouth/Animal Disease Outbreaks.

## 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/S779v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S779v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S779v3.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S779v4.pdf)
5. **SL 2001-12** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S779v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-04-04** Ch. SL 2001-12 `became-law`
- **2001-04-04** Signed By Gov. 4/4/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-04-04** Pres. To Gov. 4/4/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-04-04** Ratified
- **2001-04-04** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-04** Concurred In H Amend `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-04** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2001-04-04** Rec To Concur In H Amend
- **2001-04-04** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-04-04** Rec From House
- **2001-04-04** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-04** Amend Adopted #1,#2 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-04** Placed On Cal For 4/4/2001
- **2001-04-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-04-04** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-03** Ref To Com On Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-03** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-03** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-03** Placed On Cal For 4/3/2001
- **2001-04-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-02** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39e0ed2d-a66d-4491-9289-d718c601ba52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).