---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special Care Dentistry Collaboration."
description: "Special Care Dentistry Collaboration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 188"
citation: "North Carolina SB 188 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "DENTISTRY", "DHHS", "EDUCATION", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UNC", "SEN. FORRESTER", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. MALONE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-17"
last_action: "2009-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e4c5157-6a27-4e9d-a0ae-2b08e53436cf"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S188&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f81c53f474fba40b5cdaeb3d059c7f410d7519c5e198d244f0f73b2e3376040f"
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 188 (2009) — Special Care Dentistry Collaboration.

## 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/Senate/PDF/S188v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S188v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S188v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S188v3.pdf)
5. **SL2009-100** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S188v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brunstetter — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dorsett — cosponsor (person)
- Foriest — cosponsor (person)
- Forrester — cosponsor (person)
- Goss — cosponsor (person)
- Hoyle — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Malone — cosponsor (person)
- McKissick — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Swindell — cosponsor (person)
- Tillman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-06-12** Ch. SL 2009-100 `became-law`
- **2009-06-12** Signed By Gov. 6/12/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-06-04** Pres. To Gov. 6/4/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-06-03** Ratified
- **2009-06-02** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-01** Placed On Cal For 6/2/2009
- **2009-06-01** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-01** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-27** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-27** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-18** Ref to the Com on Aging, if favorable, Health `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-18** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-03-12** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2009-03-12** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-02-18** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-17** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e4c5157-6a27-4e9d-a0ae-2b08e53436cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).