---
type: "Bill"
title: "License by Credentials/Dentistry."
description: "License by Credentials/Dentistry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 861"
citation: "North Carolina SB 861 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "DENTAL BOARD", "DENTISTRY", "DENTISTS", "DHHS", "FEES", "FISCAL NOTES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "LDC", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONAL TESTING", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "RURAL DEVELOPMENT", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "UNC", "UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS", "SEN. PURCELL", "CHAPEL HILL", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-04-03"
last_action: "2002-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1e39b34-cd03-4944-b935-a4e2221ee15d"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S861&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b67dbe3b4f5918979f18c156df0165b6cb75f2a2f4f928bd276313c18096d55f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 861 (2001) — License by Credentials/Dentistry.

## Version chain

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

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S861v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S861v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S861v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S861v4.pdf)
5. **Edition 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S861v5.pdf)
6. **Edition 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S861v6.pdf)
7. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S861v7.pdf)
8. **SL 2002-37** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S861v8.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading\Motion 8\To Concur — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Clodfelter — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Foxx — cosponsor (person)
- Garwood — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Hartsell — cosponsor (person)
- Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Moore, K — cosponsor (person)
- Odom — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Soles — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Weinstein — cosponsor (person)
- Wellons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-01** Ch. SL 2002-37 `became-law`
- **2002-08-01** Signed By Gov. 7/29/2002 `executive-signature`
- **2002-07-22** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2002 `executive-receipt`
- **2002-07-18** Ratified
- **2002-07-17** Concurred On 3rd Reading
- **2002-07-16** Concurred On 2nd Reading
- **2002-07-15** Placed On Cal For 7/16/2002
- **2002-07-15** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2002-07-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2002-07-09** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2002-07-08** Placed On Cal For 7/9/2002
- **2002-07-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2002-07-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2002-06-19** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-08-23** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2001-08-23** Rec From Senate
- **2001-08-21** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-08-21** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-15** Placed On Cal For 8/21/2001
- **2001-08-15** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2001-08-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-08-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-06-11** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-11** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-06-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-04** Ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-03** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1e39b34-cd03-4944-b935-a4e2221ee15d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).