---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Veterinary Practice Act/Fees."
description: "Amend Veterinary Practice Act/Fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "HB 379"
citation: "North Carolina HB 379 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "BOARDS", "FEES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PESTS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TITLE CHANGE", "VETERINARIANS", "VETERINARY BOARD", "VETERINARY MEDICINE", "PLANTS & TREES", "AGRICULTURE BOARD", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-20"
last_action: "2014-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d80a69c2-fb55-4834-a2d1-5bf5d8948d4d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=H379&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ce215e714e1383d5a8ed5836ba682b35098582a98453a1ba0877923906ec82b3"
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 379 (2013) — Amend Veterinary Practice Act/Fees.

## 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/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H379v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H379v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H379v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H379v3.pdf)
5. **SL2014-63** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/House/PDF/H379v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **108–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Langdon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-07-07** Ch. SL 2014-63 `became-law`
- **2014-07-07** Signed by Gov. 7/7/2014 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2014 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-06-30** Ratified
- **2014-06-26** Ordered Enrolled
- **2014-06-26** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-26** Added to Calendar
- **2014-06-26** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2014-06-26** Special Message Sent To House
- **2014-06-26** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2014-06-26** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-06-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-06-24** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2014-06-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-01** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-01** Rec From House
- **2013-04-30** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-04-30** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-25** Placed On Cal For 04/30/2013
- **2013-04-25** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-04-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-09** Re-ref Com On Environment `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Ref to the Com on Agriculture, if favorable, Environment `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-20** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d80a69c2-fb55-4834-a2d1-5bf5d8948d4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).