---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professional corporations: dentists."
description: "Professional corporations: dentists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 123"
citation: "California AB 123 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professional corporations: dentists."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohn"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-01-15"
last_action: "2003-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa26a6a2-ecd5-4c02-8831-4ad7d1e5ff3d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB123"
source_hash: "ce64285f98c6f3b0e990757807aea750129be1c67deace074f8e80b17c3efa1b"
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 123 (20032004) — Professional corporations: dentists.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/15/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB123&version=20030AB12399INT)
2. **07/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB123&version=20030AB12398AMD)
3. **08/25/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB123&version=20030AB12397AMD)
4. **09/29/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB123&version=20030AB12395CHP)
5. **AB123** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB123)
6. **09/02/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB123&version=20030AB12396ENR)

## Votes

- consent calendar 2nd ab123 cohn — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 123 cohn special consent calendar 2nd day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 123 cohn consent calendar second day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent #27 ab123 cohn by aanestad — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cohn — primary (person)
- Chavez — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 549, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2003-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3335.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2003-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2208.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-25** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2003-08-18** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2003-07-28** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2003-07-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-17** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1876.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1034.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-16** From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
- **2003-01-15** 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/fa26a6a2-ecd5-4c02-8831-4ad7d1e5ff3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).