---
type: "Bill"
title: "DENTISTS – Amends existing law to provide for dental therapists."
description: "DENTISTS – Amends existing law to provide for dental therapists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/id"
legislature: "Idaho Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "S 1129"
citation: "Idaho S 1129 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b87f7892-af29-44a2-aa31-21b4fd75fbad"
source_url: "http://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/S1129/"
source_hash: "cc086b84f135e78972a713412b5f275f6ab621a8643262ef127cc99b276ea6a6"
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 S 1129 (2019) — DENTISTS – Amends existing law to provide for dental therapists.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/S1129A1.pdf)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/S1129.pdf)
3. **Engrossment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2019/legislation/S1129E1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read third time in full as amended – — **30–4** (pass) · lower
- Read Third Time in Full – — **59–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing `introduction`
- **2019-02-20** Reported Printed; referred to Health & Welfare
- **2019-02-21** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-22** Read second time; filed for Third Reading
- **2019-02-26** Read third time in full – Retained on calendar
- **2019-02-27** Referred to 14th Order for amendment
- **2019-02-28** Placed in the Committee of the Whole
- **2019-02-28** Reported out without recommendation, as amended
- **2019-02-28** Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment
- **2019-02-28** Amendments reported printed
- **2019-02-28** Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended
- **2019-02-28** Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading
- **2019-03-01** Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading
- **2019-03-05** Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 30-4-1AYES – Agenbroad, Anthon, Bair, Bayer, Brackett, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Burtenshaw, Cheatham, Crabtree, Den Hartog, Grow, Guthrie, Heider, Hill, Jordan, Lakey, Lent, Martin, Mortimer, Nelson, Nye, Patrick, Rice, Souza, Stennett, Thayn, Vick, Winder, WoodwardNAYS – Harris, Johnson, Lee, LodgeAbsent and excused – Ward-EngelkingFloor Sponsor - HeiderTitle apvd - to House `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-06** Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
- **2019-03-06** Read First Time, Referred to Health & Welfare
- **2019-03-14** Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
- **2019-03-18** U.C. to hold place on third reading calendar one legislative day
- **2019-03-19** Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 59-9-2AYES – Abernathy, Addis, Amador, Anderson, Anderst, Andrus, Armstrong, Barbieri, Berch, Blanksma, Boyle, Chaney, Chew, Christensen, Clow, Collins, Crane, Davis, DeMordaunt, Dixon, Ehardt, Ellis, Erpelding, Furniss, Gannon, Gestrin, Giddings, Goesling, Green(18), Green(2), Harris, Holtzclaw, Horman, Kingsley, Mason, McCrostie, Mendive, Monks, Moon, Moyle, Nichols, Palmer, Raybould, Raymond, Ricks, Rubel, Scott, Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson, Syme, Toone, Troy, Vander Woude, Wisniewski, Young, Youngblood, Zito, ZollingerNAYS – Dayley, Gibbs, Hartgen, Kauffman, Lickley, Marshall, Wagoner, Wood, Mr. SpeakerAbsent – Kerby, WintrowFloor Sponsors - Zollinger & ChewTitle apvd - to Senate `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-19** Returned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
- **2019-03-20** Reported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
- **2019-03-21** Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-22** Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
- **2019-03-25** Reported delivered to Governor at 2:35 p.m. on 03/22/19
- **2019-03-25** Signed by Governor on 03/25/19 Session Law Chapter 221 Effective: 07/01/2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b87f7892-af29-44a2-aa31-21b4fd75fbad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Idaho legislature records).