Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act
Latest action · Feb 18, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 18, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act
This bill permits individuals to enroll in a dental benefits plan on a health insurance exchange without also enrolling in a qualified health plan.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 18, 2025 to Oct 29, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Feb 18, 2025 |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Jul 2, 2025 | |
| R-OH | Troy Balderson | Jul 2, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jul 15, 2025 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Jul 15, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Jul 16, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Jul 16, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Aug 1, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Nicholas A. Langworthy | Aug 1, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Aug 19, 2025 | |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Sep 4, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Sep 4, 2025 | |
| R-SC | William R. Timmons IV | Sep 4, 2025 | |
| R-OH | Michael A. Rulli | Sep 15, 2025 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Nov 12, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 18, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 18, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 18, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H723H.R. 1397–1445 | — | Feb 18, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 32, February 18, 2025, page H723.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1164 | Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act | Identical bill | Mar 27, 2025 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To allow additional individuals to enroll in standalone dental plans offered through Federal Exchanges.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 18, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
