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S275 • 2025

Deregulate Small Boarding Kennels.

Deregulate Small Boarding Kennels.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Grafstein, Chaudhuri
Last action
2025-03-13
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Effective date
2025-10-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Deregulate Small Boarding Kennels.

Deregulate Small Boarding Kennels.

What This Bill Does

  • Deregulate Small Boarding Kennels.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-03-13 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  2. 2025-03-13 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-03-12 Senate

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Deregulate Small Boarding Kennels.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 275

Short Title: Deregulate Small Boarding Kennels. (Public)
Sponsors: Senator Grafstein (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
March 13, 2025
*S275-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO DEREGULATE SMALL BOARDING KENNELS BY LIMITING PERMITTING 2
REQUIREMENTS TO BOAR DING KENNELS PROVIDI NG SERVICES TO SIX O R 3
MORE ANIMALS. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. G.S. 19A-23 reads as rewritten: 6
"§ 19A-23. Definitions. 7
For the purposes of this Article, the following terms, when used in the Article or the rules or 8
orders made pursuant thereto, shall be construed respectively to mean: 9
… 10
(5c) "Boarding kennel" means a facility or establishment which regularly offers to 11
the public the service of boarding six or more of any combination of dogs or 12
cats or both for a fee. Such a facility or establishment may, in addition to 13
providing shelter, food and water, offer grooming or other services for dogs 14
and/or cats.or cats or both. 15
…." 16
SECTION 2. The Board of Agriculture shall amend its rules for boarding kennels 17
consistent with the provisions of this act. In doing so, the Board may adopt temporary rules 18
following the procedures set forth in G.S. 150B-21.1. 19
SECTION 3. This act becomes effective October 1, 2025. 20