---
type: "Bill"
title: "Care of Dogs Illegally Used for Fighting."
description: "Care of Dogs Illegally Used for Fighting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 1085"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1085 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMAL CONTROL", "ANIMALS", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DOMESTIC ANIMALS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REP. INSKO", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Insko"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-31"
last_action: "2005-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79adaf90-5b47-44ac-b178-2896e2270a8d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H1085&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bc5ac9ac1909545d011eaf02f9479cd43313c6a54ff305b96e4fb27eb1de24eb"
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 1085 (2005) — Care of Dogs Illegally Used for Fighting.

## 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/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1085v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1085v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1085v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1085v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1085v4.pdf)
6. **SL2005-383** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H1085v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Insko — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Haire — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-13** Ch. SL 2005-383 `became-law`
- **2005-09-13** Signed By Gov. 9/13/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-23** Pres. To Gov. 8/23/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-23** Ratified
- **2005-08-22** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-18** Placed On Cal For 8/22/2005
- **2005-08-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-15** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-08-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-08-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-10** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-10** Rec From House
- **2005-05-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-05** Placed On Cal For 5/9/2005
- **2005-05-02** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-04** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79adaf90-5b47-44ac-b178-2896e2270a8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).