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Gov. Josh Stein vetoes bill after unrelated pet-store amendment added
Summary
Gov. Josh Stein returned House Bill 96 with objections, saying a late amendment that would prevent local regulation of pet stores "would facilitate inhumane puppy mills" and that without that provision he would have signed the bill.
Gov. Josh Stein issued a veto message for House Bill 96, saying an unrelated amendment added at the last moment bars local governments from regulating pet stores and "would facilitate inhumane puppy mills." The clerk read the governor's message to the House and returned the bill to the clerk for reconsideration.
In his message, Stein said he had supported the bill's original intent on expedited removal of unauthorized persons from private property but could not accept the pet-store provision. "Without this provision, I would sign the legislation. With it, I cannot support it," the governor said.
The veto message instructs the House to reconsider the legislation; the clerk noted the bill was returned to the clerk of the North Carolina House on the July 2025 session day at 03:02 p.m. and that the bills were placed on the calendar for July 29. No House vote to override was recorded in the transcript.
What happens next is procedural: the bill remains eligible for reconsideration by the House, which may schedule further action or an override attempt consistent with chamber rules.
