---
type: "Bill"
title: "Raleigh Apodaca Service Dog Retirement Act."
description: "Raleigh Apodaca Service Dog Retirement Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "HB 550"
citation: "North Carolina HB 550 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS", "COMMERCE", "DMV", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LICENSE PLATES", "LICENSES & PERMITS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "RETAILING", "TITLE CHANGE", "CHAPTERED", "NAMED LAWS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICE ANIMALS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tine", "Watford"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-04-02"
last_action: "2016-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39e35435-0caf-46f4-bd67-cc530a057274"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H550&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b20526a3f9d542bb929d5c684fc8c739bc8972bf0d2aa83bc429c781a4dbf686"
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 550 (2015) — Raleigh Apodaca Service Dog Retirement Act.

## 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/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H550v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H550v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H550v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H550v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H550v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2016-101** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/House/PDF/H550v5.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tine — primary (person)
- Watford — primary (person)
- Waddell — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-07-18** Ch. SL 2016-101 `became-law`
- **2016-07-18** Signed by Gov. 7/18/2016 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2016 `executive-receipt`
- **2016-07-01** Ratified
- **2016-06-30** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-30** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-29** Placed On Cal For 06/30/2016
- **2016-06-27** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2016-06-23** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2016-06-23** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2016-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-21** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2016-06-21** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-06-20** Re-ref Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2016-06-20** Sequential Referral To Finance Stricken
- **2015-05-22** Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-22** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-22** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-22** Regular Message Received From House
- **2015-04-22** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2015-04-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2015-04-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-21** Added to Calendar
- **2015-04-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2015-04-14** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-06** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Finance `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-02** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39e35435-0caf-46f4-bd67-cc530a057274`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).