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To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to exempt from preemption certain State laws related to dental benefits.
Summary
The Improving Dental Administration Act amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act to exempt state laws related to dental benefits from federal preemption. Beginning 18 months after enactment, states will be allowed to pass laws regulating dental benefits and their administration for employee benefit plans. State dental benefit laws must not conflict with federal ERISA requirements to be enforceable.
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Sponsor (1)
13 cosponsors
- Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] (R-TX)
- Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1] (R-MI)
- Rep. Conaway, Herbert C. [D-NJ-3] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC)
- Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6] (D-LA)
- Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-FL-18] (R-FL)
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY)
- Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] (R-NY)
- Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] (R-NC)
- Rep. Schmidt, Derek [R-KS-2] (R-KS)
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY)
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI)
- Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] (R-SC)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Jefferson Van Drew’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $176,557
- ENTREPRENEUR $70,972
- PULSE VASCULAR $9,900
- ICONA RESORTS $9,900
- MONZO CATANESE HILLEGASS $9,000
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Jefferson Van Drew → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Mar 12, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- Mar 12, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 12, 2026
Mr. Van Drew (for himself and Mr. Conaway) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to exempt from preemption certain State laws related to dental benefits.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Improving Dental Administration Act of 2026” or the “IDA Act of 2026”.
SEC. 2. EXEMPTING CERTAIN STATE LAWS RELATED TO DENTAL BENEFITS FROM PREEMPTION.
Section 514(b) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1144(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(10) Beginning 18 months after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, subsection (a) shall not apply to any State law related to dental benefits, including any State law related to the administration of such benefits, that does not conflict with the provisions of this title and title IV.”. <all>
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