---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend Dentistry Laws/Out of State Dentists."
description: "Amend Dentistry Laws/Out of State Dentists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "SB 694"
citation: "North Carolina SB 694 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "DENTAL BOARD", "DENTISTRY", "DENTISTS", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SEN. GARROU", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-03-19"
last_action: "2009-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a775fb9-5253-4628-b5b9-a94aa73abae4"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=S694&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f231740a7e34bd682a093f11f096888c8b83b08ca53a3fe479e54f7f890ed266"
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 694 (2009) — Amend Dentistry Laws/Out of State Dentists.

## 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/S694v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S694v1.pdf)
3. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S694v2.pdf)
4. **SL2009-289** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S694v3.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garrou — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-10** Ch. SL 2009-289 `became-law`
- **2009-07-10** Signed By Gov. 7/10/2009 `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-02** Pres. To Gov. 7/2/2009 `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-02** Ratified
- **2009-07-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2009
- **2009-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2009-06-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-06-17** Re-ref Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-05-19** Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-19** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2009-05-13** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-24** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a775fb9-5253-4628-b5b9-a94aa73abae4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).