---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nonsubstantive Reorganization Dental Practice Act"
description: "The act reorganizes the \"Dental Practice Act\", which includes the laws governing the practices of dentistry and dental hygiene and other procedures, tasks, and activities related to those practices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1056"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1056 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joann Ginal", "Larry Crowder", "Lois Landgraf", "Monica Duran"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1139a2a2-b895-4a4d-a7f9-7570b6dedb57"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1056"
source_hash: "7ad38ad0b026bc81dd484ae2fb2ed5122b15cbb800e4d3784d96990c83057ee8"
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-co"]
---

# Colorado HB 20-1056 (2020A) — Nonsubstantive Reorganization Dental Practice Act

The act reorganizes the "Dental Practice Act", which includes the laws governing the practices of dentistry and dental hygiene and other procedures, tasks, and activities related to those practices.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_hb1056_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/28/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1056_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/14/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1056_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1056_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (01/29/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1056_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (02/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1056_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (02/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1056_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/23/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1056_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Larry Crowder — primary (person)
- Lois Landgraf — primary (person)
- Monica Duran — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2020-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2020-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2020-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-01-22T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1139a2a2-b895-4a4d-a7f9-7570b6dedb57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).