republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/sb-24-010.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dentist & Dental Hygienist Compact"
description: "The act adopts the dentist and dental hygienist compact (compact) to facilitate the interstate practice of dentistry and dental hygiene. With the adoption of the compact, a dentist or dental hygienist who holds an active, unencumbered license in a participating state and does not have an encumbered license from any participating state may apply to another participating state (remote state) for a privilege to practice dentistry or dental hygiene, as applicable, (compact privilege) in that state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-010"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-010 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Hartsook", "Joann Ginal", "Monica Duran", "Perry Will"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c0ac8cc-7330-4855-8e51-c5ebbf6b3d6d"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-010"
source_hash: "e81a4ae8079e64d2b1207e367815c3d9f6e86792218363cf228a53eee89eb162"
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 SB 24-010 (2024A) — Dentist & Dental Hygienist Compact

The act adopts the dentist and dental hygienist compact (compact) to facilitate the interstate practice of dentistry and dental hygiene. With the adoption of the compact, a dentist or dental hygienist who holds an active, unencumbered license in a participating state and does not have an encumbered license from any participating state may apply to another participating state (remote state) for a privilege to practice dentistry or dental hygiene, as applicable, (compact privilege) in that state.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_sb010_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_010_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_010_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_010_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/09/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_010_s_hhs_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_010_s_hhs_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/18/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_010_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/25/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_010_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/24/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_010_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/17/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_010_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **60–2** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anthony Hartsook — primary (person)
- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Monica Duran — primary (person)
- Perry Will — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2024-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c0ac8cc-7330-4855-8e51-c5ebbf6b3d6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).