---
type: "Bill"
title: "Animal Euthanasia Technicians."
description: "Animal Euthanasia Technicians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1741"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1741 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "ANIMAL CONTROL", "ANIMALS", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "DHHS", "EMPLOYMENT", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "RECORDS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ROSS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-05-17"
last_action: "2010-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d34973ea-e139-4fd0-86f4-22706ce2cf62"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1741&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b779065397de45047ac5a09209b0319080e118702ce36a98c8c209cc522ec963"
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 1741 (2009) — Animal Euthanasia Technicians.

## 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/H1741v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1741v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1741v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1741v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1741v4.pdf)
6. **SL2010-127** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1741v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-21** Ch. SL 2010-127 `became-law`
- **2010-07-21** Signed By Gov. 7/21/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-08** Pres. To Gov. 7/8/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-07** Ratified
- **2010-07-06** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/6/2010
- **2010-07-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-07-01** Withdrawn From Com
- **2010-06-30** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-30** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2010-06-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-06-29** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-06-29** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-23** Ref To Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-23** Rec From House
- **2010-06-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-06-21** Placed On Cal For 6/22/2010
- **2010-06-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-09** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-18** Ref to the Com on Judiciary I, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-05-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d34973ea-e139-4fd0-86f4-22706ce2cf62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).