---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protection of Animals."
description: "Protection of Animals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 2098"
citation: "North Carolina HB 2098 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMAL CONTROL", "ANIMALS", "COUNTIES", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "DOMESTIC ANIMALS", "FISCAL NOTES", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "VETERINARY MEDICINE", "REP. INSKO", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ROSS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ross"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-05-17"
last_action: "2006-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/589fc97b-9ed8-4eca-8c94-17520d094605"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H2098&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "19d27124e352d2227d2623477dcfcc2614d042acbb022065e5e5de18c744aaa4"
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 2098 (2005) — Protection of Animals.

## 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/H2098v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2098v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2098v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2098v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2098v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2098v5.pdf)
7. **SL2006-113** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H2098v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **44–4** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ross — primary (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Womble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-07-13** Ch. SL 2006-113 `became-law`
- **2006-07-13** Signed By Gov. 7/13/2006 `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-05** Pres. To Gov. 7/5/2006 `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-05** Ratified
- **2006-06-30** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2006-06-29** Placed On Cal For 6/30/2006
- **2006-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-06-29** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2006-06-27** Engrossed
- **2006-06-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-27** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2006-06-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2006-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-20** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-20** Rec From House
- **2006-06-15** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-06-12** Placed On Cal For 6/13/2006
- **2006-06-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-06-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-05-18** Ref To Com On Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/589fc97b-9ed8-4eca-8c94-17520d094605`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).