---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Rabies Laws."
description: "Amend Rabies Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 674"
citation: "North Carolina SB 674 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "ANIMAL CONTROL", "ANIMALS", "DISEASES", "DOMESTIC ANIMALS", "ENVIRONMENT", "FISH & WILDLIFE", "LABORATORIES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RABIES", "RATIFIED", "TESTING", "VACCINES", "VETERINARIANS", "VETERINARY MEDICINE", "SEN. PURCELL", "STATE VETERINARIAN", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-18"
last_action: "2009-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e84fee65-80ec-42f4-93b3-a7cb4e565ee4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S674&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "53fbf397ba2b4e851a4a11e2ca1e1c50eb93a28590a6a87c9d9ea9f4e10b897a"
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 674 (2009) — Amend Rabies Laws.

## 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/S674v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARB-12-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2009/1993/0/S674-ARB-12-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S674v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S674v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S674v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S674v4.pdf)
7. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S674v5.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S674v6.pdf)
9. **SL2009-327** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S674v7.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Purcell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-24** Ch. SL 2009-327 `became-law`
- **2009-07-24** Signed By Gov. 7/24/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-14** Pres. To Gov. 7/14/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-13** Ratified
- **2009-07-09** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2009-07-08** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2009-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2009
- **2009-07-07** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2009-07-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2009-07-02** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/2/2009
- **2009-07-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-07-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-25** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-25** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-10** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-02** Ref to the Com on Agriculture, if favorable, Health `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-02** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-28** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-28** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-27** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-05-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-04-16** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-16** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-04-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-19** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-18** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e84fee65-80ec-42f4-93b3-a7cb4e565ee4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).