All Roll Calls
Yes: 234 • No: 0
IowaHF 64891st General Assembly (2025–2026)House
A bill for an act relating to a licensed sedation provider host permit for a dentist. (Formerly HF 339.) Effective date: 07/01/2026.
Sponsored By: COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Signed by Governor
health and human services
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
New permit lets dentists host sedation
Beginning July 1, 2026, Iowa dentists can get a new permit to host outpatient moderate sedation during dental procedures. Patients must be age 13 or older, and permit holders can also monitor them under moderate sedation. Dentists can employ an Iowa-licensed physician anesthesiologist or certified registered nurse anesthetist to give the sedation. They can also employ a dentist with a current board-issued moderate sedation or general anesthesia permit. Applicants must complete a board-approved course within the 12 months before applying or hold a substantially similar out-of-state permit. They must also meet board rules for facilities and equipment, hold advanced cardiovascular life support certification, and submit the required application. Training must cover patient assessment, breathing problems, monitoring, airway care, anesthetic drugs, emergencies, and recovery. It must ensure dentists can identify high-risk patients, distinguish sedation levels, monitor patients, and rescue patients from deeper-than-intended sedation. The board reviews courses annually and approves them only with documentation showing they meet these standards; interviews may also be required. The board must set rules for the permit, including expiration and renewal.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/31/2026
Passed House
Yes: 92 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/23/2026
Passed Senate
Yes: 47 • No: 0
House vote • 3/13/2025
Passed House
Yes: 95 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor.
5/6/2026HouseReported correctly enrolled, signed by Speaker and President, and sent to Governor.
5/6/2026HouseMessage from House.
3/31/2026SenateImmediate message.
3/31/2026HousePassed House, yeas 92, nays 0.
3/31/2026HouseHouse concurred in Senate amendment H-8259.
3/31/2026HouseSenate amendment H-8259 filed.
3/24/2026HouseMessage from Senate.
3/24/2026HouseImmediate message.
3/23/2026SenatePassed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0.
3/23/2026SenateAmendment S-5017 adopted.
3/23/2026SenateAmendment S-5017 filed.
2/19/2026Senate* * * * * END OF 2025 ACTIONS * * * * *
12/31/2025legislaturePlaced on calendar under unfinished business.
4/10/2025SenatePlaced on calendar.
4/3/2025legislatureCommittee report, recommending passage.
4/3/2025SenateSubcommittee recommends passage.
3/26/2025legislatureSubcommittee Meeting: 03/26/2025 3:00PM Room 217 Conference Room.
3/25/2025legislatureSubcommittee: Alons, Pike, and Wahls.
3/19/2025SenateRead first time, referred to Health and Human Services.
3/17/2025SenateMessage from House.
3/17/2025SenateExplanations of votes.
3/17/2025HouseImmediate message.
3/13/2025HousePassed House, yeas 95, nays 0.
3/13/2025HouseIntroduced, placed on calendar.
2/28/2025House
Bill Text
As Introduced
Enrolled
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