Action for Dental Health Act
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced 2025-03-10
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “Action for Dental Health Act” Read the full text
Health
What it does
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.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite coming. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · 2025-03-10
In the House.
Passed the House · 2026-07-20
Senate floor vote · next
Official documents
The numbers
29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
10
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONvia THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC
7 filingsAMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONvia AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION
6 filingsACADEMY OF GENERAL DENTISTRYvia ALSTON & BIRD LLP
1 filingFrom 14 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (2026-07-21).