---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enter the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact"
description: "Enter the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "135"
identifier: "SB 40"
citation: "Ohio SB 40 (135)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care", "Health and Human Services", "Occupational Licensing and Regulation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kristina Roegner"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 10
vote_count: 17
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b00722f7-beb5-4708-a903-cbba168a5332"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135//bills/sb40/"
source_hash: "03ef9de99dbaea23419f36830f961cba211403c211451fe1029f43600b59df77"
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-oh"]
---

# Ohio SB 40 (135) — Enter the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact

## Version chain

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

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb40/IN/00/sb40_00_IN?format=pdf)
2. **As Concurred by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb40/CS/05/sb40_05_CS?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb40/PH/04/sb40_04_PH?format=pdf)
4. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb40/PS/02/sb40_02_PS?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the House Health Provider Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb40/RH/03/sb40_03_RH?format=pdf)
6. **As Reported by the Senate Health Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb40/RS/01/sb40_01_RS?format=pdf)
7. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/sb40/EN/06/sb40_06_EN?format=pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred in Senate amendments — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **9–4** (pass) · lower
- Reported - Substitute — **9–4** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **81–11** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **9–4** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in Senate amendments — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported - Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **81–11** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **81–11** (pass) · lower
- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kristina Roegner — primary (person)
- Adam Miller, A. — cosponsor (person)
- Al Cutrona — cosponsor (person)
- Al Landis — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Reineke — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Roemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Hillyer — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Lorenz — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Dobos — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry Cirino — cosponsor (person)
- Juanita Brent — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Nick Santucci — cosponsor (person)
- Rob McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Carruthers — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman, S. — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Barhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Young, T. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-06-07** Passed `passage`
- **2023-06-13** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2023-05-31** Reported
- **2023-06-20** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15** Reported
- **2024-06-12** Passed `passage`
- **2024-06-26** Concurred in House amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 10/24/24 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b00722f7-beb5-4708-a903-cbba168a5332`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).