---
type: "Bill"
title: "Update Rabies Control Laws."
description: "Update Rabies Control Laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 74"
citation: "North Carolina SB 74 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMAL CONTROL", "ANIMALS", "DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS", "DOMESTIC ANIMALS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RABIES", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-14"
last_action: "2017-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a43a9b0f-5323-4ba0-aa85-86c3521a49ab"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=S74&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "736b7f3ecc10bc97515ee37f79c8a7121de4e82351787b759888dd830b1e1fe3"
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 74 (2017) — Update Rabies Control Laws.

## 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/S74v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S74v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S74v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S74v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2017-106** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2017/Bills/Senate/PDF/S74v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-07-12** Ch. SL 2017-106 `became-law`
- **2017-07-12** Signed by Gov. 7/12/2017 `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
- **2017-06-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2017-06-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-08** Re-ref Com On Wildlife Resources `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-08** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-04-17** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-13** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2017-04-13** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2017-04-11** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-11** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-10** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2017-04-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-27** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Withdrawn From Com
- **2017-02-15** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a43a9b0f-5323-4ba0-aa85-86c3521a49ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).