RELATING TO DENTAL ASSISTANTS.
Summary
Allows dental assistants to perform limited duties under general supervision of a licensed dentist in public health settings. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD2)
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 24, 2022
Last action Feb 18, 2022
Floor votes · House Feb 10, 2022
How they voted
49–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 50
Feb 10, 2022
D
Democratic45
100% Yea
R
Republican4
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
3
Committee
6
Feb 18, 2022
Committee
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Kapela excused (2).
lower
Feb 18, 2022
Committee
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 607-22) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Kitagawa, Har, Kong, Morikawa, Onishi, Tarnas, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Aquino, Hashem, Mizuno.
lower
Feb 10, 2022
Committee
Reported from HHH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 152-22) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
lower
Feb 10, 2022
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (49-0-1)
house
Feb 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on HHH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamane, Tam, Gates, Har, Kapela, Nishimoto, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Jan 28, 2022
Committee
Referred to HHH, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 3
lower
Jan 26, 2022
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 24, 2022
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
AL
Aaron Ling Johanson
DDemocratic
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