---
type: "Bill"
title: "Healing arts: dentists."
description: "Healing arts: dentists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1026"
citation: "California AB 1026 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Healing arts: dentists."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Oropeza"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2002-09-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95357234-332e-4db4-b7f7-64e2eba6a92d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1026"
source_hash: "44b26c45b40db1855b08fba3088c4677cce07d365bff234d9f080c7e4b15f416"
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 1026 (20012002) — Healing arts: dentists.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1026&version=20010AB102699INT)
2. **01/07/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1026&version=20010AB102698AMD)
3. **01/10/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1026&version=20010AB102697AMD)
4. **04/01/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1026&version=20010AB102696AMD)
5. **06/24/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1026&version=20010AB102695AMD)
6. **09/03/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1026&version=20010AB102693CHP)
7. **AB1026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1026)
8. **08/19/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1026&version=20010AB102694ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1026 Oropeza Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1026 Oropeza By Figueroa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1026 Oropeza Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Oropeza — primary (person)
- Aanestad — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 313, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 2. Page 7772.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 1. Page 5412.) `passage, reading-1, 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`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-24** 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`
- **2002-04-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-01** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4613.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-01-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (January 24). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-01-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 15). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-01-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-01-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-04-18** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-04-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95357234-332e-4db4-b7f7-64e2eba6a92d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).