I thought this was already a law pushed by PIJAC or USARK? Was that SC instead of NC? There was a recently passed law that basically said "Keep the herps in secure cages, and if anything stupid happens, you're responsible".
I got the impression from all the stuff posted on that law that it was a law pushed through so that herp keepers could point and say "See, we already have legislation, we don't need more regulation".
It's been a long day, or I'd go hunting for the postings.