---
type: "Bill"
title: "Develop Special Needs Dental Care Workforce."
description: "Develop Special Needs Dental Care Workforce."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1693"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1693 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES", "DENTAL BOARD", "DENTISTRY", "DENTISTS", "EDUCATION", "HEALTH EDUCATION", "HEALTH SERVICES", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "LICENSING & CERTIFICATION", "OCCUPATIONS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RATIFIED", "REPORTS", "UNC", "REP. WEISS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. ENGLAND", "REP. FARMER-BUTTERFIELD", "REP. PIERCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["England", "Farmer-Butterfield", "Weiss"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-05-12"
last_action: "2010-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4cc6a88-e65a-48f8-a806-900ac189e963"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1693&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "587b2a5b1e6c0dc89535cf6d99fff2df40fbcb999d4556685eec194050b50a93"
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 HB 1693 (2009) — Develop Special Needs Dental Care Workforce.

## 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/House/PDF/H1693v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1693v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1693v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1693v3.pdf)
5. **SL2010-92** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1693v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **41–0** (pass) · upper
- M11 Concur — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- England — primary (person)
- Farmer-Butterfield — primary (person)
- Weiss — primary (person)
- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Brisson — cosponsor (person)
- Carney — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- E. Floyd — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Glazier — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- M. Alexander — cosponsor (person)
- Parfitt — cosponsor (person)
- Parmon — cosponsor (person)
- Pierce — cosponsor (person)
- R. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)
- Wainwright — cosponsor (person)
- Whilden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-07-11** Ch. SL 2010-92 `became-law`
- **2010-07-11** Signed By Gov. 7/11/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-07** Pres. To Gov. 7/7/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-06** Ratified
- **2010-07-01** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-06-30** Placed On Cal For 7/1/2010
- **2010-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-30** Serial Referral Stricken
- **2010-06-30** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-24** Ref to the Com on Aging, if favorable, Health `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-24** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2010-06-24** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-06-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-06-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-10** Ref To Com On Health Care `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-10** Rec From House
- **2010-06-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2010-06-08** Placed On Cal For 6/9/2010
- **2010-06-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-26** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-13** Ref to the Com on Aging, if favorable, Health `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-05-12** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4cc6a88-e65a-48f8-a806-900ac189e963`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).