---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recover Pets/Relieve Overcrowding at Shelters."
description: "Recover Pets/Relieve Overcrowding at Shelters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 467"
citation: "North Carolina SB 467 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMAL CONTROL", "ANIMALS", "DOMESTIC ANIMALS", "FISCAL NOTES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "VETERINARIANS", "VETERINARY MEDICINE", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. MCKISSICK"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-05"
last_action: "2009-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c90eedd-f375-4d48-b631-054fa8f30b63"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S467&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "064d2af3ca33d669f39f7e4daed760979b267663062368ff32a100551b296881"
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 467 (2009) — Recover Pets/Relieve Overcrowding at Shelters.

## 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/S467v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ALL-19-V-3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1831/0/S467-ALL-19-V-3)
3. **A1: ARK-32-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1833/0/S467-ARK-32-V-2)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S467v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S467v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S467v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S467v4.pdf)
8. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S467v5.pdf)
9. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S467v6.pdf)
10. **SL2009-304** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S467v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **114–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion 8\To Concur — **40–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atwater — cosponsor (person)
- Bingham — cosponsor (person)
- Boseman — cosponsor (person)
- Clary — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Nesbitt — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Vaughan — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-17** Ch. SL 2009-304 `became-law`
- **2009-07-17** Signed By Gov. 7/17/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-09** Pres. To Gov. 7/9/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-08** Ratified
- **2009-07-07** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2009-07-02** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2009
- **2009-07-02** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-06-30** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-30** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-06-29** Postponed To 6/30/2009
- **2009-06-25** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2009
- **2009-06-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-27** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-19** Ref to the Com on Agriculture, if favorable, Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-05-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed On Cal For 5/13/2009
- **2009-05-12** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-05-12** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-11** Placed On Cal For 5/12/2009
- **2009-05-11** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2009-05-07** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-07** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-09** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-05** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c90eedd-f375-4d48-b631-054fa8f30b63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).