---
type: "Bill"
title: "Update Disability Statutes/Service Animals."
description: "Update Disability Statutes/Service Animals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 686"
citation: "North Carolina HB 686 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "DISABLED PERSONS", "DOMESTIC ANIMALS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. GIBSON", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-16"
last_action: "2005-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4b68010-452f-405e-91ce-03a53022d807"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H686&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "025728288d723f034e43e65204b198061aa3d6c3841d96b755617577a40042bd"
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 686 (2005) — Update Disability Statutes/Service 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/H686v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H686v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H686v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H686v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-450** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H686v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M6 Reconsider — **108–4** (pass) · lower
- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Gibson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-29** Ch. SL 2005-450 `became-law`
- **2005-09-29** Signed By Gov. 9/29/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-24** Pres. To Gov. 8/24/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-23** Ratified
- **2005-08-23** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-11** Postponed To 8/23/2005
- **2005-08-11** Conf Com Withdrawn/dismi
- **2005-08-11** Reconsidered Concurrence
- **2005-05-23** Conf Com Appointed
- **2005-05-23** Failed Concur In Com Sub
- **2005-05-19** Placed On Cal For 5/23/2005
- **2005-05-19** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-05-19** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-05-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-05-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-05-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-07** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-07** Rec From House
- **2005-04-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-04-06** Placed On Cal For 4/6/2005
- **2005-04-06** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-04-06** Postponed To 4/7/2005
- **2005-04-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-05** Placed On Cal For 4/6/2005
- **2005-03-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-03-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-17** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-16** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4b68010-452f-405e-91ce-03a53022d807`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).