republic-os/legislation/us/states/nc/2015/hb-553.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Ordinances Regulating Animals.	Ordinances Regulating Animals.	us/states/nc	North Carolina General Assembly	2015	HB 553	North Carolina HB 553 (2015)	bill	AGRICULTURE ANIMAL CONTROL ANIMALS DOMESTIC ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT FISH & WILDLIFE LIVESTOCK & POULTRY LOCAL GOVERNMENT PRESENTED PUBLIC PUBLIC HEALTH RATIFIED TITLE CHANGE CHAPTERED ANIMAL WELFARE LOCAL ORDINANCES	enacted	Langdon McGrady Whitmire	6	31	2	2015-04-02	2015-08-05	openstates	ocd-bill/3a84a59a-0a7d-4216-97a7-0f57cb0f03c4	http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=H553&votesToView=all	0e8c7bd0e57ae2f0e69057ce25a1d8945fb6725ec335e299795aa339a39fb639	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nc

North Carolina HB 553 (2015) — Ordinances Regulating Animals.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. Edition 1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Edition 2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Edition 3 (committee substitute) — source
5. Ratified (committee substitute) — source
6. SL2015-192 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 48–1 (pass) · upper
• M11 Concur — 88–16 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Langdon — primary (person)
• McGrady — primary (person)
• Whitmire — primary (person)
• Ager — cosponsor (person)
• Dixon — cosponsor (person)
• Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
• Fisher — cosponsor (person)
• Glazier — cosponsor (person)
• Pittman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-08-05 Ch. SL 2015-192 became-law
• 2015-08-05 Signed by Gov. 8/5/2015 executive-signature
• 2015-08-04 Pres. To Gov. 8/4/2015 executive-receipt
• 2015-08-03 Ratified
• 2015-07-30 Ordered Enrolled
• 2015-07-30 Concurred In S/Com Sub amendment-passage
• 2015-07-29 Placed On Cal For 07/30/2015
• 2015-07-29 Cal Pursuant 36(b)
• 2015-07-28 Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
• 2015-07-28 Regular Message Sent To House
• 2015-07-27 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2015-07-23 Placed On Cal For 07/27/2015
• 2015-07-23 Reconsidered 3rd Reading
• 2015-07-23 Passed 3rd Reading passage, reading-3
• 2015-07-23 Passed 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2015-07-22 Com Substitute Adopted
• 2015-07-22 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-06-11 Re-ref Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2015-06-11 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 Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
• 2015-04-21 Reptd Fav Com Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-04-06 Ref To Com On Agriculture referral-committee
• 2015-04-06 Passed 1st Reading reading-1
• 2015-04-02 Filed introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3a84a59a-0a7d-4216-97a7-0f57cb0f03c4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).