A bill that allows equine dentists to practice passed an Oklahoma House committee last week. The House Agriculture and Rural Development Committee on Wednesday approved House Bill 3202 by a vote of 11-3. It now goes to the full House.

Rep. Brian Renegar, a veterinarian and a committee member, said he is concerned equine dentists could be administering sedative drugs to treat horses without the supervision of a veterinarian.

"The teeth floaters over the last 10 years have had six injuries and one death from working on horses’ teeth,” Renegar told the Oklahoman.

The passage is good news for none veterinarian equine dentists in Oklahoma, who have been prohibited from practicing since last year, when a bill passed the legislature that made it a misdemeanor for equine dentists to work on horses unless under supervision of a veterinarian or are veterinarians or veterinarian technicians. A law passed two years ago made the offense a felony; an equine dentist was arrested and charged last year, and horse owners during last year’s session successfully mounted a drive to change the law, writes the Oklahoman.