---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dentists."
description: "Dentists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 497"
citation: "California AB 497 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dentists."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallegos"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-18"
last_action: "2000-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af2a260d-5a53-426f-b49b-dc330b3d4576"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB497"
source_hash: "a0f924f0a95af9833db11fecd4003a5b97c844db6e508c9d2feebb33df8ba69f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 497 (19992000) — Dentists.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/18/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB497&version=19990AB49799INT)
2. **01/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB497&version=19990AB49797AMD)
3. **04/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB497&version=19990AB49798AMD)
4. **06/28/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB497&version=19990AB49796AMD)
5. **08/23/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB497&version=19990AB49794CHP)
6. **AB497** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB497)
7. **08/10/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB497&version=19990AB49795ENR)

## Votes

- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB497 Gallegos — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 497 GALLEGOS THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gallegos — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2000-08-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 224, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-08-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2000-08-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 7832.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-07-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2000-07-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5501.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-06-28** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-01-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4921.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-20** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time and passed. `reading-3, passage`
- **2000-01-18** Read third time and passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4855.) Held at Desk. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-13** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-12** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-01-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health by unanimous consent. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission.
- **1999-04-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **1999-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af2a260d-5a53-426f-b49b-dc330b3d4576`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).