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type: "Bill"
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title: "Various dental matters; respiratory care."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 1254"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1254 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["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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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Liz Brown", "Lori Goss-Reaves"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-01-05"
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last_action: "2026-03-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fae646cf-3629-409d-b543-6381b1882236"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1254"
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source_hash: "e1f6bed01c66b1595828a8ecaae3ec3a0811d6aca515ac7db346668dd9284f1d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana HB 1254 (2026) — Various dental matters; respiratory care.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1254/HB1254.04.ENRS.pdf)
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2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1254/HB1254.03.COMS.pdf)
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3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1254/HB1254.02.COMH.pdf)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1254/HB1254.01.INTR.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HB 1254 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
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- HB 1254 - Goss-Reaves - 3rd Reading — **82–8** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1254 - Goss-Reaves — **90–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Liz Brown — primary (person)
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- Lori Goss-Reaves — primary (person)
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- Lindsay Patterson — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-05** Authored by Representative Goss-Reaves
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- **2026-01-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-15** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-21** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2026-01-20** Senate sponsor: Senator Brown L
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- **2026-01-20** Representative Patterson added as coauthor
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- **2026-01-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 62: yeas 82, nays 8 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-01-26** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-12** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 185: yeas 44, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
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- **2026-02-24** Motion to concur filed `filing`
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- **2026-02-25** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 367: yeas 90, nays 2
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- **2026-02-25** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Public Law 59 `became-law`
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fae646cf-3629-409d-b543-6381b1882236`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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