---
type: "Bill"
title: "Registered dental hygienists."
description: "Registered dental hygienists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2818"
citation: "California AB 2818 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Registered dental hygienists."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aanestad"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-25"
last_action: "2002-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b358159d-85b4-4514-9eef-c74ca7c2b07a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2818"
source_hash: "ac9fb72ec9b82fb1c954af4b32c4a1d0f05b36c4977b51f7c76357f48cae2863"
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 2818 (20012002) — Registered dental hygienists.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2818&version=20010AB281899INT)
2. **04/09/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2818&version=20010AB281898AMD)
3. **05/09/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2818&version=20010AB281897AMD)
4. **05/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2818&version=20010AB281896AMD)
5. **05/28/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2818&version=20010AB281895AMD)
6. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2818&version=20010AB281894AMD)
7. **08/21/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2818&version=20010AB281893AMD)
8. **09/18/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2818&version=20010AB281891CHP)
9. **AB2818** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2818)
10. **08/28/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2818&version=20010AB281892ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2818 Aanestad By Figueroa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2818 Aanestad Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2818 Aanestad Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aanestad — primary (person)
- Figueroa — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)
- Zettel — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 691, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-12** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 8381.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5814.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-26** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2002-08-21** Read third time. Amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-08-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-29** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 6496.) Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6496.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-28** Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-05-23** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-05-22** (Corrected May 21. )
- **2002-05-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 23. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-11** (Corrected April 10. ) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2002-02-25** Joint Rule 54 (a) suspended. Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. 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/b358159d-85b4-4514-9eef-c74ca7c2b07a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).