republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/hb-1031.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dental matters."
description: "Specifies the persons that may file an action to obtain an injunction against an individual practicing dentistry without a license and the action that is required or allowed to be included in an injunction. Specifies information that a dentist who maintains a dental office must submit to the state board of dentistry. States that language concerning the administration of dental anesthetics may not be construed to prohibit a physician from practicing in a dental office. Allows a dentist to delegate the authority to take x-ray images to a dental assistant working in certain correctional facilities without direct supervision as long as the dentist is available to supervise the dental assistant remotely. Removes certain language regarding the regulation of dentists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1031"
citation: "Indiana HB 1031 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Prosecuting Attorneys Council (IPAC)", "CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Immunity and Exemption from Liability", "CORRECTIONS; Adult Inmates and Facilities", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; Dentistry", "HEALTH; Dental and Vision", "PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING; Generally", "STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS; Attorney General"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Charbonneau", "Liz Brown", "Lori Goss-Reaves", "Mike Bohacek"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6d24bb6-c0b4-442a-a4d1-a56f738bf93f"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1031"
source_hash: "60bebf81df757a77d397239d89a93504f8b2351560c97aabd2a80a396b4a1543"
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-in"]
---

# Indiana HB 1031 (2025) — Dental matters.

Specifies the persons that may file an action to obtain an injunction against an individual practicing dentistry without a license and the action that is required or allowed to be included in an injunction. Specifies information that a dentist who maintains a dental office must submit to the state board of dentistry. States that language concerning the administration of dental anesthetics may not be construed to prohibit a physician from practicing in a dental office. Allows a dentist to delegate the authority to take x-ray images to a dental assistant working in certain correctional facilities without direct supervision as long as the dentist is available to supervise the dental assistant remotely. Removes certain language regarding the regulation of dentists.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1031/HB1031.05.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1031/HB1031.04.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1031/HB1031.03.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1031/HB1031.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1031 - Goss-Reaves - 3rd Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1031 - Goss-Reaves — **83–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1031 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Liz Brown — primary (person)
- Lori Goss-Reaves — primary (person)
- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
- Cindy Ledbetter — coauthor (person)
- Julie McGuire — coauthor (person)
- Martin Carbaugh — coauthor (person)
- Vaneta Becker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Authored by Representative Goss-Reaves
- **2025-01-09** Representative Ledbetter added as coauthor
- **2025-01-09** Representatives Carbaugh and McGuire added as coauthors
- **2025-01-21** Recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
- **2025-01-21** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Senate sponsor: Senator Brown L
- **2025-02-05** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2025-02-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 76: yeas 92, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Senator Becker added as cosponsor
- **2025-03-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** Senator Bohacek added as third sponsor
- **2025-04-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 318: yeas 50, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01** Senator Charbonneau added as second sponsor
- **2025-04-02** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2025-04-15** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2025-04-16** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 460: yeas 83, nays 0
- **2025-04-17** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Public Law 149 `became-law`
- **2025-05-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6d24bb6-c0b4-442a-a4d1-a56f738bf93f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).