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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2440 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2426
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Sean Garballey
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act enabling registered dental hygienists to administer nitrous oxide.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Sean Garballey23rd Middlesex1/16/2025Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/31/2025Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk2/3/2025Natalie M. Higgins4th Worcester2/24/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2440 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2426
By Representative Garballey of Arlington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2426) of
Sean Garballey and others relative to the administration of nitrous oxide by dental hygienists.
Public Health.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act enabling registered dental hygienists to administer nitrous oxide.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 The second paragraph of section 51 of chapter 112 of the General Laws is hereby
2amended by inserting after the words “local anesthesia agents” the following words:- and nitrous
3oxide inhalation analgesia.