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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Various dental matters; respiratory care. Amends the educational requirements for dental hygienists. Amends the requirements for administration of nitrous oxide by a dental hygienist. Allows the state board of dentistry to establish additional requirements for an applicant who has failed the licensure examination at least three times. Amends the licensure and temporary permit requirements for respiratory care practitioners. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2026 HB 1254 Indiana HB 1254 (2026)
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AGENCIES; Professional Licensing Agency (PLA)
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Dentistry
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Licensing (Including Behavioral and Mental Health)
HEALTH; Dental and Vision
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Liz Brown
Lori Goss-Reaves
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Indiana HB 1254 (2026) — Various dental matters; respiratory care.

Amends the educational requirements for dental hygienists. Amends the requirements for administration of nitrous oxide by a dental hygienist. Allows the state board of dentistry to establish additional requirements for an applicant who has failed the licensure examination at least three times. Amends the licensure and temporary permit requirements for respiratory care practitioners.

Version chain

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

  1. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
  4. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HB 1254 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — 441 (pass) · upper
  • HB 1254 - Goss-Reaves - 3rd Reading — 828 (pass) · lower
  • HB 1254 - Goss-Reaves — 902 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Liz Brown — primary (person)
  • Lori Goss-Reaves — primary (person)
  • Lindsay Patterson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2026-01-05 Authored by Representative Goss-Reaves
  • 2026-01-13 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2026-01-15 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-01-21 Referred to the Senate referral
  • 2026-01-20 Senate sponsor: Senator Brown L
  • 2026-01-20 Representative Patterson added as coauthor
  • 2026-01-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 62: yeas 82, nays 8 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2026-01-26 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2026-02-12 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2026-02-16 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-02-17 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 185: yeas 44, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2026-02-18 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
  • 2026-02-24 Motion to concur filed filing
  • 2026-02-25 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 367: yeas 90, nays 2
  • 2026-02-25 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-03 Public Law 59 became-law
  • 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2026-03-03 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fae646cf-3629-409d-b543-6381b1882236. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).