---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teledentistry/RDH Admin. Local Anesthetic."
description: "Teledentistry/RDH Admin. Local Anesthetic."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 146"
citation: "North Carolina SB 146 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHAPTERED", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "COUNTIES", "DENTAL BOARD", "DENTISTS & DENTISTRY", "EDUCATION", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "EMPLOYMENT", "GREENVILLE", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "MUNICIPALITIES", "OCCUPATIONS", "PITT COUNTY", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELEMEDICINE", "UNC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3de3d4bd-3d53-4ca6-95e2-904d49a6fbc2"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/S146"
source_hash: "d5d1b8932067f02b83652a4ea112d605e2c224636ae40911d33a38ee39b65e6c"
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 146 (2021) — Teledentistry/RDH Admin. Local Anesthetic.

## Version chain

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

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S146v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S146v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S146v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S146v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S146v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2021-95** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/Senate/PDF/S146v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **101–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-23** Ch. SL 2021-95 `became-law`
- **2021-07-23** Signed by Gov. 7/23/2021 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-23** Pres. To Gov. 7/23/2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-22** Ratified
- **2021-07-21** Ordered Enrolled
- **2021-07-21** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2021-07-19** Placed On Cal For 07/21/2021
- **2021-07-19** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2021-07-15** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-07-14** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-07-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-07-14** Added to Calendar
- **2021-07-14** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-07-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-13** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-13** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-07-13** Serial Referral To State Government Stricken
- **2021-06-28** Re-ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, State Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-28** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-04-05** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-01** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2021-04-01** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2021-03-31** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-30** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Re-ref Com On Commerce and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-03-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** 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`
- **2021-03-11** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-02-25** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3de3d4bd-3d53-4ca6-95e2-904d49a6fbc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).