---
type: "Bill"
title: "Animal Exhibition Sanitation/Aedin's Law."
description: "Animal Exhibition Sanitation/Aedin's Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 268"
citation: "North Carolina SB 268 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "ANIMALS", "BLANK BILL", "COMMERCE", "EXHIBITIONS", "FINES & PENALTIES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LIVESTOCK & POULTRY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "SANITATION", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. PURCELL", "CHAPTERED", "LAWS NAMED FOR PEOPLE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-28"
last_action: "2005-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc5507ab-b62c-48b0-aa0a-67e8e55795c2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S268&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "4f0de95e5fb62fe3d28fbac184cd3074b9e6f04986751cc06410b29550c4d34a"
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 SB 268 (2005) — Animal Exhibition Sanitation/Aedin's Law.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S268v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S268v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S268v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S268v3.pdf)
5. **SL2005-191** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S268v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Purcell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-07-15** Ch. SL 2005-191 `became-law`
- **2005-07-15** Signed By Gov. 7/15/2005 `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-11** Pres. To Gov. 7/8/2005 `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-07** Ratified
- **2005-07-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/5/2005
- **2005-06-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2005-06-29** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-06-02** Ref To Com On Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2005-06-02** Rec From Senate
- **2005-06-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2005-06-01** Placed On Cal For 6/1/2005
- **2005-06-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2005-06-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-05-25** Re-ref Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-25** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2005-03-01** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-28** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc5507ab-b62c-48b0-aa0a-67e8e55795c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).