HF 3516 Minnesota House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Dentistry profession licensure, registration, scope of practice, continuing education, and disciplinary grounds modified; and fees established.

HF 3516 updates Minnesota's dental licensure rules to modernize definitions and requirements. It replaces terms like "school of dentistry" with "dental education program" and clarifies that foreign-trained dentists cannot be denied exams solely based on training if equivalent to U.S. standards. The bill directly affects dentists, dental students, and dental education programs by modifying practice definitions (e.g., what constitutes "dentistry"), scope of practice exemptions for students, and disciplinary standards. Key changes include aligning licensing with current accreditation standards and ensuring foreign-trained dentists are evaluated fairly.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Apr 2026
House Passage
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 19, 2026 Last action Apr 13, 2026
Floor votes · House Apr 9, 2026

How they voted

1330
Passed
Total votes 133
Apr 9, 2026
D Democratic66
66 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican67
67 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Apr 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Health and Human Services
upper
Apr 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduction and first reading
upper
Apr 13, 2026
Introduced
Received from House
upper
Apr 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill was passed
lower
Mar 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee report, to adopt
lower
Mar 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee report, to adopt and re-refer to Ways and Means
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Introduced
Introduction and first reading, referred to Health Finance and Policy
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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