---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contagious Animal Diseases/Extend Sunset."
description: "Contagious Animal Diseases/Extend Sunset."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 307"
citation: "North Carolina SB 307 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "ANIMALS", "DISEASES", "LIVESTOCK & POULTRY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "VETERINARY MEDICINE", "SEN. ALBERTSON", "SUNSETS", "STATE VETERINARIAN", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-04"
last_action: "2003-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b7fec9b-97e8-4631-9080-eaac6be4f25e"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S307&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ae7af000cb03e5ed8d8782e8e70ac878f4a2c9742d7be443106cd35bf6b5ef4f"
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 307 (2003) — Contagious Animal Diseases/Extend Sunset.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S307v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S307v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S307v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S307v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2003-6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S307v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **111–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Garrou — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-04-01** Ch. SL 2003-6 `became-law`
- **2003-04-01** Signed By Gov. 3/31/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-03-25** Pres. To Gov. 3/25/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-03-24** Ratified
- **2003-03-20** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-03-19** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-18** Placed On Cal For 3/19/2003
- **2003-03-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-03-18** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-17** Ref To Com On Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-17** Rec From Senate
- **2003-03-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-03-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-03-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-05** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b7fec9b-97e8-4631-9080-eaac6be4f25e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).