---
type: "Bill"
title: "Detector Dog Trainers."
description: "Detector Dog Trainers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "HB 860"
citation: "North Carolina HB 860 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "DEFINITIONS", "DHHS", "DOMESTIC ANIMALS", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "INVESTIGATIONS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SECURITY SERVICES", "REP. ADAMS", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-03"
last_action: "2003-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c503b494-b751-4fa4-9cdc-9aa51a78d6a4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=H860&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b9383d01603394416aaad9ab65cdb93442f65a0b76d8173989f153fce0ef979a"
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 860 (2003) — Detector Dog Trainers.

## 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/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H860v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H860v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H860v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H860v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H860v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-398** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/House/PDF/H860v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **104–4** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-07** Ch. SL 2003-398 `became-law`
- **2003-08-07** Signed By Gov. 8/7/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-20** Pres. To Gov. 7/20/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-19** Ratified
- **2003-07-19** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-07-19** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2003
- **2003-07-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-18** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-18** Rec From House
- **2003-07-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-07-18** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-07-18** Cal For Immediate Consid
- **2003-07-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-07-18** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-07-15** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-07** Ref to the Com on Judiciary III and, if favorable, to the Com on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c503b494-b751-4fa4-9cdc-9aa51a78d6a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).