---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recodify Animal Shelter Law."
description: "Recodify Animal Shelter Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 626"
citation: "North Carolina SB 626 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "ANIMAL CONTROL", "ANIMALS", "COMMERCE", "DOMESTIC ANIMALS", "ELECTRONIC COMMERCE", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "SPAYING & NEUTERING", "TELESERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Jackson", "McKissick"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-04-02"
last_action: "2013-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c454014a-eeb9-43a4-8162-485d35fc35b2"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S626&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "ea367254a43f77661493993c9fca1b39836a466f1aca94b9d4fe5898bca63955"
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 626 (2013) — Recodify Animal Shelter 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/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S626v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ARF-11-V-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2013/6979/0/S626-ARF-11-V-2)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S626v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S626v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S626v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S626v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S626v5.pdf)
8. **SL2013-377** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S626v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Jackson — primary (person)
- McKissick — primary (person)
- Meredith — cosponsor (person)
- Woodard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-07-29** Ch. SL 2013-377 `became-law`
- **2013-07-29** Signed by Gov. 7/29/2013 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-23** Pres. To Gov. 07/23/2013 `executive-receipt`
- **2013-07-22** Ratified
- **2013-07-19** Ordered Enrolled
- **2013-07-19** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-18** Placed On Cal For 07/19/2013
- **2013-07-18** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2013-07-18** Ordered Engrossed
- **2013-07-18** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-07-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-07-17** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-16** Placed On Cal For 07/17/2013
- **2013-07-16** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2013-07-16** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-07-15** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2013-05-15** Ref To Com On Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-14** Rec From Senate
- **2013-05-13** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-13** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-05-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-03** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c454014a-eeb9-43a4-8162-485d35fc35b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).