AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS
Summary
Standardizes successor appointment language for various boards and adds language providing that a quorum be a majority of appointed members and the language applies across several healthcare professional boards that currently lack this language.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Feb 26, 2025
Signed Jun 24, 2025
Floor votes · House Apr 22, 2025
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Jun 24, 2025
Signed into law
06/24/2025 Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence
upper
Jun 3, 2025
Legislature · Passed
06/03/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
legislature
May 2, 2025
Committee
05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
04/22/2025 House read and passed
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Legislature · Passed
04/01/2025 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Mar 18, 2025
Committee
03/18/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
02/27/2025 Committee transferred to House Health & Human Services
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Introduced
02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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