---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: dental restorative materials."
description: "Medi-Cal: dental restorative materials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 999"
citation: "California AB 999 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: dental restorative materials."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerome Horton"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/632d8d47-b13a-468a-b1b5-dcb682b544b2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB999"
source_hash: "94590b394fecfb949f89ed3240720f23fd5cc1d2235f01ab494de57d917eb1c4"
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 999 (20032004) — Medi-Cal: dental restorative materials.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB999&version=20030AB99999INT)
2. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB999&version=20030AB99998AMD)
3. **04/28/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB999&version=20030AB99997AMD)
4. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB999&version=20030AB99996AMD)
5. **06/24/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB999&version=20030AB99995AMD)
6. **08/21/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB999&version=20030AB99994AMD)
7. **10/10/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB999&version=20030AB99992CHP)
8. **AB999** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB999)
9. **09/08/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB999&version=20030AB99993ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 999 horton,j concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab999 jerome horto — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 999 horton,j assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jerome Horton — primary (person)
- Montanez — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 747, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 6. Page 3574.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2348.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-21** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-21** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-07-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-19** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 2240.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 6.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-28** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 22. Noes 2.) (April 22). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-03-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-20** 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/632d8d47-b13a-468a-b1b5-dcb682b544b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).