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Action for Dental Health Act of 2023

Where it stands

  1. Introduced6/6/23
  2. Passed HousePassed 3/7/24
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 391–32 on March 7, 2024 (Roll Call 67 →). Received in the Senate on March 8, 2024.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · 3/7/24Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic209 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Not voting
  • Republican182 Yea · 32 Nay · 5 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

Action for Dental Health Act of 2023

This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 grants for states to support dental health workforce activities in areas that face a shortage of dental health providers.

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Sponsor
Rep. Robin L. Kelly ( Democrat · IL-2)
Cosponsors
15
Introduced
6/6/23
Policy area
Health

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2025, it expires when the 118th Congress ends.

All actions (19)
  1. 6/6/23Introduced in House
  2. 6/6/23Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  3. 6/9/23Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  4. 7/13/23Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 0.
  5. 7/13/23Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  6. 7/19/23Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  7. 7/19/23Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 50 - 0.
  8. 10/3/23Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-243.
  9. 10/3/23Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 194.
  10. 3/5/24Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  11. 3/5/24Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H800-801)
  12. 3/5/24DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3843.
  13. 3/5/24At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  14. 3/7/24Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1021)
  15. 3/7/24Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 391 - 32 (Roll no. 67). (text: 03/05/2024 CR H800)
  16. 3/7/24On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 391 - 32 (Roll no. 67). (text: 03/05/2024 CR H800)
  17. 3/7/24Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  18. 3/8/24Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  19. 3/12/24Star Print ordered on the bill.