---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit Removal of Electronic Collars."
description: "Prohibit Removal of Electronic Collars."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 862"
citation: "North Carolina HB 862 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "CRIMES", "DOMESTIC ANIMALS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. WILSON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-22"
last_action: "2005-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0ddab73-ca56-4d2b-ad41-3af3e86d9064"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H862&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "157ed698f2ae9a507274984b43d9a079bda41c2ade255124b3ce4aa5cce4b957"
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 862 (2005) — Prohibit Removal of Electronic Collars.

## 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/H862v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H862v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H862v2.pdf)
4. **SL2005-94** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H862v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-06-21** Ch. SL 2005-94 `became-law`
- **2005-06-21** Signed By Gov. 6/21/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-16** Pres. To Gov. 6/16/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-15** Ratified
- **2005-06-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/14/2005
- **2005-06-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-11** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-11** Rec From House
- **2005-04-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-04-06** Placed On Cal For 4/7/2005
- **2005-03-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-03-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-23** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0ddab73-ca56-4d2b-ad41-3af3e86d9064`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).