Source: Tim Buckland, WILMINGTON STAR-NEWS, 3/13/17

The latest version of a "puppy mill" bill was recently filed in the N.C. House of Representatives, but its future in the Senate is uncertain. That's because Brunswick County Republican Sen. Bill Rabon, R-N.C., who has opposed past versions of the proposed law, is chairman of the powerful Senate Rules Committee, which controls the flow of legislation in the Senate.

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