Action for Dental Health Act
Latest action · Jul 21, 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedMar 10, 2025
- Passed HouseJul 20, 2026
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Action for Dental Health Act
This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 grants to states for developing the dental workforce and increasing access to oral health services in designated dental health professional shortage areas. This program is administered by the Bureau of Health Workforce within the Health Resources and Services Administration.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 10, 2025 to May 12, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ID | Michael K. Simpson | Original | Mar 10, 2025 |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Jun 23, 2025 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Jan 12, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Feb 9, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Feb 10, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Apr 6, 2026 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Apr 14, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Apr 29, 2026 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | May 12, 2026 |
Committees 2
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 Mar 10, 2025Markup May 21, 2026Reported Jul 2, 2026 |
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Jul 21, 2026 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 21, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Jul 20, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4645)
- Jul 20, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4645-4646)
- Jul 20, 2026Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jul 20, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2001.
- Jul 20, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 2, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-721.
- Jul 2, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 626.
- May 21, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- May 21, 2026Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.
- Mar 10, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 10, 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 | Debate and remarks H4645, H4646Text printed H4645 | Brett Guthrie R-KY, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Michael K. Simpson R-ID, Robin L. Kelly D-IL | Jul 20, 2026 |
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.
Committee report
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 44, March 10, 2025, page H1068.
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a grant program for addressing dental workforce needs.
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Action for Dental Health Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Action for Dental Health Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Action for Dental Health Act
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a grant program for addressing dental workforce needs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 21, 2026Referred in Senate
- Jul 20, 2026Engrossed in House
- Jul 2, 2026Reported in House
- Mar 10, 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.
