--- type: "Bill" title: "Dental auxiliaries." description: "Dental auxiliaries." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20072008" identifier: "AB 2637" citation: "California AB 2637 (20072008)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Dental auxiliaries."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Eng"] version_count: 7 action_count: 30 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2008-02-22" last_action: "2008-09-28" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1989d975-b42f-4755-9bf0-1ca893cdb266" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2637" source_hash: "bea31c6bcbe3712335722f1c552d3c8eaa50e6e1607c0d09d629299992609489" 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 2637 (20072008) — Dental auxiliaries. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/22/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2637&version=20070AB263799INT) 2. **05/01/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2637&version=20070AB263798AMD) 3. **06/17/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2637&version=20070AB263797AMD) 4. **08/14/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2637&version=20070AB263796AMD) 5. **09/28/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2637&version=20070AB263794CHP) 6. **AB2637** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2637) 7. **09/04/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2637&version=20070AB263795ENR) ## Votes - Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower - Assembly 3rd Reading AB2637 Eng By Ducheny — **pass** (pass) · upper - AB 2637 ENG Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper - AB 2637 ENG Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Eng — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2008-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction` - **2008-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25. - **2008-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2008-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee` - **2008-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2008-05-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee` - **2008-05-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee` - **2008-05-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2008-05-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2008-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable` - **2008-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 5387.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2008-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1` - **2008-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. `referral-committee` - **2008-06-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2008-06-17** 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 Economic Development. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage` - **2008-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2008-08-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2008-08-07** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 21. Noes 12. Page 4835.) - **2008-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2008-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2008-08-14** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage` - **2008-08-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2008-08-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 1. Page 5195.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2008-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2008-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6955.) - **2008-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6963.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2008-09-01** (Corrected August 31.) - **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m. - **2008-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2008-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 499, Statutes of 2008. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1989d975-b42f-4755-9bf0-1ca893cdb266`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).