---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Penalty/Starvation of Animals."
description: "Increase Penalty/Starvation of Animals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "HB 995"
citation: "North Carolina HB 995 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "CRIMES", "DOMESTIC ANIMALS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED", "REP. MCELRAFT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-03-22"
last_action: "2007-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebf8589f-d141-4f86-949a-26f2bf2e4f45"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=H995&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a1efe90e4c283297c7326a7c1e92472682d00eeadbae4179c4ce46a3847f7c57"
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 995 (2007) — Increase Penalty/Starvation 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/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H995v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H995v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H995v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H995v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-211** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H995v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allred — cosponsor (person)
- Avila — cosponsor (person)
- Boylan — cosponsor (person)
- Current — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- McComas — cosponsor (person)
- McElraft — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Neumann — cosponsor (person)
- Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
- Stam — cosponsor (person)
- T. Harrell — cosponsor (person)
- Tillis — cosponsor (person)
- Underhill — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Wiley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-07-11** Ch. SL 2007-211 `became-law`
- **2007-07-11** Signed By Gov. 7/11/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-05** Pres. To Gov. 7/5/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-07-03** Ratified
- **2007-07-02** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-28** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2007
- **2007-06-28** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-06-28** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2007-06-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-06-26** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2007-06-26** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-21** Ref To Com On Judiciary II (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-21** Rec From House
- **2007-05-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-15** Placed On Cal For 5/16/2007
- **2007-05-15** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-15** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-26** Ref To Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebf8589f-d141-4f86-949a-26f2bf2e4f45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).