---
type: "Bill"
title: "Peace officers: Board of Dental Examiners."
description: "Peace officers: Board of Dental Examiners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 900"
citation: "California AB 900 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Peace officers: Board of Dental Examiners."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alquist"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37b8ed6d-9174-4458-8258-21d49551b5e2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB900"
source_hash: "2784445edae52e34149705e8198a55d73fb11dddc59eaf6308973d9f644184e8"
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 900 (19992000) — Peace officers: Board of Dental Examiners.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB900&version=19990AB90099INT)
2. **04/13/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB900&version=19990AB90098AMD)
3. **06/10/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB900&version=19990AB90097AMD)
4. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB900&version=19990AB90096AMD)
5. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB900&version=19990AB90094CHP)
6. **AB900** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB900)
7. **09/09/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB900&version=19990AB90095ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB900 Alquist By Polanco — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Amend, and do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 900 ALQUIST THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 900 ALQUIST CONCURRENCE URGENCY ADDED — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alquist — primary (person)
- Alarcon — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 840, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **1999-09-09** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 64. Noes 14. Page 4196.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-08** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **1999-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-09-07** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 2983.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-03** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-23** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-08-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-30** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 19. Page 1758.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 6.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-13** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **1999-02-25** 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/37b8ed6d-9174-4458-8258-21d49551b5e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).