---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kill Police Animal."
description: "Kill Police Animal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2007"
identifier: "SB 34"
citation: "North Carolina SB 34 (2007)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "CRIMES", "DOMESTIC ANIMALS", "FISCAL NOTES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. SWINDELL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-01-30"
last_action: "2007-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7e9caa5-af52-4ee2-aa56-9f97db367be1"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2007&BillID=S34&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "1be4d390fb78a42b7f8a8176d2b20910386c365e964137861a584e3c20a68acc"
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 34 (2007) — Kill Police Animal.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S34v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S34v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S34v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S34v3.pdf)
5. **SL2007-80** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/PDF/S34v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Albertson — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Berger of Rockingham — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- Dalton — cosponsor (person)
- Dannelly — cosponsor (person)
- Goodall — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-06-14** Ch. SL 2007-80 `became-law`
- **2007-06-14** Signed By Gov. 6/14/2007 `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-06** Pres. To Gov. 6/6/2007 `executive-receipt`
- **2007-06-05** Ratified
- **2007-06-04** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-31** Placed On Cal For 6/4/2007
- **2007-05-31** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2007-05-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-05-29** Placed On Cal For 5/30/2007
- **2007-05-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2007-05-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-15** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2007-03-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-02-12** Ref To Com On Judiciary ll (Criminal) `referral-committee`
- **2007-01-31** Held As Filed
- **2007-01-30** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7e9caa5-af52-4ee2-aa56-9f97db367be1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).