---
type: "Bill"
title: "DENTISTS – Amends existing law to revise definitions and provisions regarding certain procedures performed by dental hygienists and to revise terminology."
description: "DENTISTS – Amends existing law to revise definitions and provisions regarding certain procedures performed by dental hygienists and to revise terminology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "H 344"
citation: "Idaho H 344 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DENTISTRY AND DENTISTS", "PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66fdf7c9-c237-40ee-83b3-7dc80e9cfaca"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0344/"
source_hash: "31077e0227ff490a9e3ada5767d6707dedbd87a340b1882e486082a2481c923d"
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-id"]
---

# Idaho H 344 (2018) — DENTISTS – Amends existing law to revise definitions and provisions regarding certain procedures performed by dental hygienists and to revise terminology.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2018/legislation/H0344.pdf)

## Votes

- Read Third Time in Full – — **70–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time in full – — **32–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing `introduction`
- **2018-01-17** Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
- **2018-01-29** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-30** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2018-01-31** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 70-0-0AYES – Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Armstrong, Barbieri, Bell, Blanksma, Boyle, Burtenshaw, Chaney, Cheatham, Chew, Clow, Collins, Crane, Dayley, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Erpelding, Gannon, Gestrin, Gibbs, Giddings, Hanks, Harris, Hartgen, Holtzclaw, Horman, Jordan, Kauffman, Kerby, King, Kingsley, Kloc(Chilcote), Loertscher, Luker, Malek, Manwaring, McCrostie, McDonald, Mendive, Miller, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nate, Packer, Palmer, Perry, Raybould, Redman, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Thompson, Toone, Troy, VanOrden, Vander Woude, Wagoner, Wintrow, Wood, Youngblood, Zito, Zollinger, Mr. SpeakerNAYS – NoneAbsent – NoneFloor Sponsor - HanksTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-01** Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, read first time; referred to: Health & Welfare `introduction`
- **2018-02-16** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-19** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2018-02-28** Read third time in full – PASSED - 32-0-3AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Foreman, Guthrie, Hagedorn, Harris, Heider, Hill, Johnson, Jordan, Keough, Lee, Lodge, Martin, Nonini, Nye, Patrick, Potts, Rice, Siddoway, Souza, Stennett, Vick, Ward-Engelking, WinderNAYS – NoneAbsent and excused – Lakey, Mortimer, ThaynFloor Sponsor - JordanTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-01** Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
- **2018-03-02** Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
- **2018-03-05** Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
- **2018-03-05** Signed by President; returned to House
- **2018-03-06** Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
- **2018-03-07** Delivered to Governor at 10:30 a.m. on March 6, 2018
- **2018-03-12** Reported Signed by Governor on March 12, 2018 Session Law Chapter 53 Effective: 07/01/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66fdf7c9-c237-40ee-83b3-7dc80e9cfaca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).