---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterinary Practice Omnibus."
description: "Veterinary Practice Omnibus."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 196"
citation: "North Carolina SB 196 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "AGRICULTURE DEPT.", "ANIMALS", "BOARDS", "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PHARMACEUTICALS", "PHARMACY BOARD", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "VETERINARIANS", "VETERINARY BOARD", "VETERINARY MEDICINE", "CHAPTERED", "HORSES & MULES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rabon", "Wade"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-07"
last_action: "2017-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5a2dc32-4fec-446e-8188-ef48ffc7420f"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S196&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b4155d452636fd1c4c456516a706748f9ee1046cd3d0ff750a85fabf3260dfb0"
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 196 (2017) — Veterinary Practice Omnibus.

## 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/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S196v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S196v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S196v2.pdf)
4. **SL 2017-146** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S196v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rabon — primary (person)
- Wade — primary (person)
- B. Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-20** Ch. SL 2017-146 `became-law`
- **2017-07-20** Signed by Gov. 7/20/2017 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-27** Pres. To Gov. 6/27/2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-26** Ratified
- **2017-06-22** Ordered Enrolled
- **2017-06-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-06-21** Placed On Cal For 06/22/2017
- **2017-06-20** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-08** Re-ref Com On Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-26** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-25** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-04-25** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-04-24** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-20** Placed On Cal For 04/24/2017
- **2017-04-20** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-21** Re-ref to Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-03-08** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-07** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5a2dc32-4fec-446e-8188-ef48ffc7420f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).