---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protect Search and Rescue Animal."
description: "Protect Search and Rescue Animal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1098"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1098 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "ASSAULT", "COURTS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "DOMESTIC ANIMALS", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMPLOYMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SENTENCING", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "REP. FRYE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frye"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-04-06"
last_action: "2009-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/123921bd-2f18-413e-aecb-72c1e8d63a18"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1098&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "e0d4323c1d754ed5158d5a8e74be13ce6b5b24d9fbfc2c73fde6fc91f06cf0f6"
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 1098 (2009) — Protect Search and Rescue 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/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1098v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1098v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1098v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1098v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1098v4.pdf)
6. **SL2009-460** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1098v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frye — primary (person)
- Blackwood — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Dollar — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Starnes — cosponsor (person)
- Tillis — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-08-07** Ch. SL 2009-460 `became-law`
- **2009-08-07** Signed By Gov. 8/7/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-31** Pres. To Gov. 7/31/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-30** Ratified
- **2009-07-30** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-29** Placed On Cal For 7/30/2009
- **2009-07-29** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-29** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-13** Ref To Com On Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-13** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2009-07-08** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2009
- **2009-07-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-07-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-19** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** Rec From House
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2009
- **2009-05-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-05-12** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-15** Re-ref Com On Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-07** Ref to the Com on Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, Judiciary III `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-06** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/123921bd-2f18-413e-aecb-72c1e8d63a18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).