S 1164 — Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act
Congress 119 · introduced 2025-03-27
Latest action: — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsors
- Hassan, Margaret Wood (D, NH-S) — sponsor · 2025-03-27
- Hickenlooper, John W. (D, CO-S) — cosponsor
- Tillis, Thomas (R, NC-S) — cosponsor
Lobbied by (3)
LDA filings that named this bill in their activity descriptions. The lobbying firm (registrant) is paid by the client to lobby on this and related issues.
| Filing | Period | Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Income | Matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | THORN RUN PARTNERS | DELTA DENTAL PLANS ASSOCIATION | $60,000 | S.1164 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP | PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP | — | S1164 |
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | GOVERNMENT COUNSEL, LLC | THORN RUN PARTNERS (OBO DELTA DENTAL PLANS ASSOCIATION) | $20,000 | S. 1164 |
Action timeline
- — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- · 10000 — Introduced in Senate
Text versions
- Introduced in Senate · 2025-03-27 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (6)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Tillis, Thomas | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Hickenlooper, John W. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-01 | DELTA DENTAL PLANS ASSOCIATION | lobbies_on_bill | — | S.1164 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP | lobbies_on_bill | — | S1164 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2026-01-01 | THORN RUN PARTNERS (OBO DELTA DENTAL PLANS ASSOCIATION) | lobbies_on_bill | — | S. 1164 | lobbying_bill_mention |
| 2025-03-27 | Hassan, Margaret Wood | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hassan, Margaret Wood (D, senate NH) | sponsor | 1 | — | 6 |
| 2 | Hickenlooper, John W. (D, senate CO) | cosponsor | 2 | — | 3 |
| 3 | Tillis, Thomas (R, senate NC) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DELTA DENTAL PLANS ASSOCIATION | 1 | $60,000 | 0 | $0 | $60,000 |
| 2 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 481 | $50,890 | $50,890 |
| 3 | THORN RUN PARTNERS (OBO DELTA DENTAL PLANS ASSOCIATION) | 1 | $20,000 | 0 | $0 | $20,000 |
| 4 | anthropic | 0 | $0 | 2 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| 5 | mit | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 6 | goldbug | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 7 | anthropic pbc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 8 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 30 | $6,451 | $6,451 |
| 9 | freeport | 0 | $0 | 1 | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| 10 | unitleader | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,300 | $3,300 |
| 11 | self-employed | 0 | $0 | 21 | $3,266 | $3,266 |
| 12 | sutter hill ventures | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 13 | steren electronics international, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 14 | greenberg & rapp financial group inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 15 | the ob-c group, llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 16 | onedigital | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 17 | horan wealth llc | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 18 | k&l gates llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 19 | beckers healthcare and mcguirewoods | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 20 | resurgens orthopaedics | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 21 | first financial resources, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 22 | invariant | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 23 | thoams z. hodson attorney at law | 0 | $0 | 1 | $350 | $350 |
| 24 | afb | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 25 | everest realty co | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
3 predicted yes (1%) · 3 predicted no (1%) · 537 unknown (98%)
By party: · R: 1 yes / 0 no / 276 unknown · D: 2 yes / 0 no / 261 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
3 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Hassan, Margaret Wood (D · senate · NH) · sponsor
- Hickenlooper, John W. (D · senate · CO) · cosponsor
- Tillis, Thomas (R · senate · NC) · cosponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Hickenlooper, John W. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Tillis, Thomas (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by DELTA DENTAL PLANS ASSOCIATION (s.1164) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP (s1164) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by THORN RUN PARTNERS (OBO DELTA DENTAL PLANS ASSOCIATION) (s. 1164) · lobbying_bill_mention
- 2025-03-27 · sponsored by Hassan, Margaret Wood (sponsor) · sponsorship