---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dentistry Management Arrangements."
description: "Dentistry Management Arrangements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "SB 655"
citation: "North Carolina SB 655 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "DENTISTRY", "DENTISTS", "EMPLOYMENT", "HEALTH SERVICES", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MANAGEMENT", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TASK FORCES", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. ALLRAN", "CHAPTERED", "SEN. BRUNSTETTER", "SEN. PATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pate"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-04-19"
last_action: "2012-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f8f0482-9581-4df0-be68-4a5693b723d7"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=S655&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "0dcbdb27d5a49e11dc95488ccecb79b32c0a586e7975e4aaadb2a44df00810b8"
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 655 (2011) — Dentistry Management Arrangements.

## 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/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S655v0.pdf)
2. **A1: ASQ-157-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.net/ViewBillDocument/2011/7490/0/S655-ASQ-157-V-1)
3. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S655v1.pdf)
4. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S655v2.pdf)
5. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S655v3.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S655v4.pdf)
7. **SL2012-195** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/Senate/PDF/S655v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9\To Concur — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pate — primary (person)
- Allran — cosponsor (person)
- Apodaca — cosponsor (person)
- Brock — cosponsor (person)
- D. Berger — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Purcell — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-07-19** Ch. SL 2012-195 `became-law`
- **2012-07-19** Signed By Gov. 7/19/2012 `executive-signature`
- **2012-06-29** Pres. To Gov. 6/29/2012 `executive-receipt`
- **2012-06-29** Ratified
- **2012-06-28** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-28** Placed On Cal For 6/28/2012
- **2012-06-28** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2012-06-27** Ordered Engrossed
- **2012-06-27** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2012-06-27** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-27** Placed On Cal For 6/27/2012
- **2012-06-27** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2012-06-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-15** Re-ref Com On Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-15** Withdrawn From Com
- **2011-06-07** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-07** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-06-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-06-07** Placed On Cal For 6/7/2011
- **2011-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-20** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-19** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f8f0482-9581-4df0-be68-4a5693b723d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).