---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Remedy for Animal Cruelty."
description: "Civil Remedy for Animal Cruelty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 669"
citation: "North Carolina SB 669 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "COURTS", "DOMESTIC ANIMALS", "GENERAL STATUTES", "GENERAL STATUTES COMN.", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "SEN. HARTSELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-04-01"
last_action: "2003-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d979758-08f9-41de-a669-05e7b4caa26d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S669&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "59caa72d6a5aa0dd2945c47b4bad197a7ef9bb34037f25c423eb3e64d06a10ba"
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 669 (2003) — Civil Remedy for Animal Cruelty.

## 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/S669v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S669v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S669v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S669v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S669v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2003-208** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S669v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-06-23** Ch. SL 2003-208 `became-law`
- **2003-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/19/2003 `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-11** Pres. To Gov. 6/10/2003 `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-09** Ratified
- **2003-06-05** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-04** Placed On Cal For 6/5/2003
- **2003-06-04** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2003-06-03** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-06-02** Postponed To 6/3/2003
- **2003-06-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-29** Placed On Cal For 6/2/2003
- **2003-05-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2003-05-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-30** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2003-04-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-02** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-01** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d979758-08f9-41de-a669-05e7b4caa26d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).