---
type: "Bill"
title: "Duplin/Sampson/Detention Contracts/Animals."
description: "Duplin/Sampson/Detention Contracts/Animals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2015"
identifier: "SB 831"
citation: "North Carolina SB 831 (2015)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIDS & BIDDING", "CONTRACTS", "CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "COUNTIES", "FOODS & BEVERAGES", "JAILS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PURCHASING", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "SHERIFFS", "DUPLIN COUNTY", "SAMPSON COUNTY", "ROWAN COUNTY", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-05-10"
last_action: "2016-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bbc6009-2b0b-4564-9865-834910ac25e4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=S831&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a30066b6a37fdcad16ed0f5ea415b52e80de0d8102eda5bc5b54eaa2e8947a6c"
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 831 (2015) — Duplin/Sampson/Detention Contracts/Animals.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S831v0.pdf)
2. **A1: AST-198-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2015/8100/0/S831-AST-198-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S831v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S831v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S831v3.pdf)
6. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S831v4.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S831v5.pdf)
8. **SL 2016-37** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015/Bills/Senate/PDF/S831v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **97–9** (pass) · lower
- Motion 9 To Concur — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-27** Ch. SL 2016-37 `became-law`
- **2016-06-27** Ratified
- **2016-06-24** Ordered Enrolled
- **2016-06-24** Concurred In H/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-23** Placed On Cal For 06/24/2016
- **2016-06-23** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2016-06-23** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2016-06-23** Ordered Engrossed
- **2016-06-23** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-06-23** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-06-23** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-22** Placed On Cal For 06/23/2016
- **2016-06-22** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2016-06-22** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-05-27** Ref To Com On Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-27** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-05-26** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2016-05-26** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2016-05-25** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2016-05-25** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2016-05-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-05-11** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-11** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-05-10** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bbc6009-2b0b-4564-9865-834910ac25e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).