---
type: "Bill"
title: "No Set Fee/Noncovered Dental Srvcs."
description: "No Set Fee/Noncovered Dental Srvcs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 144"
citation: "North Carolina HB 144 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COUNTIES", "DENTISTRY", "DHHS", "EDUCATION", "FEES", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "STUDIES", "TITLE CHANGE", "UNC", "CHAPEL HILL", "ORANGE COUNTY", "GREENVILLE", "PITT COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "REP. BORDSEN", "REP. ENGLAND", "REP. FARMER-BUTTERFIELD", "REP. PIERCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bordsen", "Farmer-Butterfield", "Pierce"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-11"
last_action: "2010-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43235624-43e3-467b-9a50-500d6ff8a104"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H144&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0536acb647f0551ed0e05a9e1ee4eb7e543c2dbe6c7863980f96b707d880fd32"
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 HB 144 (2009) — No Set Fee/Noncovered Dental Srvcs.

## Version chain

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

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H144v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H144v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H144v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H144v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H144v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H144v5.pdf)
7. **SL2010-138** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H144v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bordsen — primary (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — primary (person)
- Pierce — primary (person)
- Allred — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Cotham — cosponsor (person)
- Current — cosponsor (person)
- E. Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- England — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- K. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Luebke — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- McLawhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Mobley — cosponsor (person)
- R. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tolson — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-21** Ch. SL 2010-138 `became-law`
- **2010-07-21** Signed By Gov. 7/21/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-09** Pres. To Gov. 7/9/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-09** Ratified
- **2010-07-08** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-07** Placed On Cal For 7/8/2010
- **2010-07-07** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-07-07** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-07-06** Ref To Com On Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2010-07-06** Rec To Concur S Com Sub 2
- **2010-07-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-07-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-07-01** Placed On Cal For 7/6/2010
- **2010-07-01** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-07-01** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-22** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-22** Withdrawn From Com
- **2010-06-07** Re-ref Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-07** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2010-06-03** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-26** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-26** Rec From House
- **2009-03-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-24** Placed On Cal For 3/25/2009
- **2009-03-24** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-03-24** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-19** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-19** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-12** Ref to the Com on Aging, if favorable, Health `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-12** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43235624-43e3-467b-9a50-500d6ff8a104`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).