---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dental Bill of Rights."
description: "Dental Bill of Rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 252"
citation: "North Carolina SB 252 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "DENTISTRY", "HEALTH SERVICES", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-13"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fba9307-1bb4-48cd-8d4d-cb404403ca5b"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S252&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "9801baec981982de440358ee2b6f8e9ced1204eb4768dddb3a599ff1bbd6db8e"
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 252 (2019) — Dental Bill of Rights.

## 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/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S252v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S252v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S252v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S252v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2019-26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S252v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-14** Ch. SL 2019-26 `became-law`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by Gov. 6/14/2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-07** Pres. To Gov. 6/7/2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-06** Ratified
- **2019-06-05** Ordered Enrolled
- **2019-06-05** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-05** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-06-04** Placed On Cal For 06/05/2019
- **2019-06-04** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2019-06-04** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-28** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-28** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Re-ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-05-09** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Special Message Received From Senate
- **2019-05-08** Special Message Sent To House
- **2019-05-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-06** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Re-ref Com On Commerce and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2019-05-02** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Re-ref to Health Care. If fav, re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Withdrawn From Com
- **2019-03-14** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fba9307-1bb4-48cd-8d4d-cb404403ca5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).