---
type: "Bill"
title: "Susie's Law."
description: "Susie's Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 254"
citation: "North Carolina SB 254 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "CRIMES", "DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES", "DOMESTIC ANIMALS", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "FISCAL NOTES", "GOVERNOR", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. NESBITT", "SEN. ATWATER", "SEN. SNOW", "LAWS NAMED FOR PEOPLE", "SEN. GOSS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-19"
last_action: "2010-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0687df93-53f6-4bdf-87b9-6f1552a752a7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S254&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "5fd97837e955c7929080ff41a2ae4237c9d108e8322e815035e1699ba66193fb"
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 254 (2009) — Susie'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/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S254v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S254v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S254v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S254v3.pdf)
5. **SL2010-16** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S254v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Goss — cosponsor (person)
- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
- Snow — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-06-23** Ch. SL 2010-16 `became-law`
- **2010-06-23** Signed By Gov. 6/23/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-06-21** Pres. To Gov. 6/18/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-06-17** Ratified
- **2010-06-16** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-06-15** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-27** Ref To Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-27** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2010-05-27** Rec From House
- **2010-05-26** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-05-25** Placed On Cal For 5/26/2010
- **2010-05-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-05-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-24** serial referral stricken bill is re-referred to Judiciary III
- **2010-05-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2009-05-11** Ref to the Com on Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, State Government/State Personnel `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-06** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-23** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0687df93-53f6-4bdf-87b9-6f1552a752a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).