---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cockfighting/Increase Penalty."
description: "Cockfighting/Increase Penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "HB 888"
citation: "North Carolina HB 888 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "ANIMALS", "CRIMES", "FISCAL NOTES", "GAMING", "LIVESTOCK & POULTRY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REP. ALLRED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-03-23"
last_action: "2005-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3bfcc70-2354-44a5-8c02-fe01fe0ea21f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=H888&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "59b9da23ef31af24a64e5b8b2e637d45cda9e5ec02e12fa63dceb4f78552f8b3"
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 888 (2005) — Cockfighting/Increase Penalty.

## 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/H888v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H888v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H888v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H888v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H888v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H888v5.pdf)
7. **SL2005-437** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/PDF/H888v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **105–7** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **36–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allred — cosponsor (person)
- Bordsen — cosponsor (person)
- Culp — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-09-27** Ch. SL 2005-437 `became-law`
- **2005-09-27** Signed By Gov. 9/27/2005 `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`
- **2005-08-22** Placed On Cal For 8/22/2005
- **2005-08-18** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-08-18** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2005-08-12** Engrossed
- **2005-08-12** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-08-12** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-08-11** Placed On Cal For 8/12/2005
- **2005-08-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2005-08-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-08-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-13** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Rec From House
- **2005-04-12** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2005-04-12** Amend Failed #1 `amendment-failure`
- **2005-04-07** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-06** Placed On Cal For 4/7/2005
- **2005-03-31** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-03-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-24** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-23** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3bfcc70-2354-44a5-8c02-fe01fe0ea21f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).