--- type: "Bill" title: "Family physicians." description: "(1) Existing law, the Dental Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of dentists by the Dental Board of California. Existing law makes it unprofessional conduct for a dentist to fail to obtain the written informed consent of a patient before administering general anesthesia and, until January 1, 2022, conscious sedation, and, for a minor, requires the written informed consent to include a statement that encourages the patient to explore all options available for the child's anesthesia for their dental treatment and consult with the child's dentist or pediatrician as needed." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20192020" identifier: "AB 1622" citation: "California AB 1622 (20192020)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Family physicians."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Carrillo"] version_count: 9 action_count: 33 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2019-02-22" last_action: "2019-10-08" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b57d04b2-e79e-4384-a28a-be72e7d5daed" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1622" source_hash: "177c0422bb6955d4ecfb1c4c2897b15e23f24d135a426ad22b74659fd1b56a78" 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 1622 (20192020) — Family physicians. (1) Existing law, the Dental Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of dentists by the Dental Board of California. Existing law makes it unprofessional conduct for a dentist to fail to obtain the written informed consent of a patient before administering general anesthesia and, until January 1, 2022, conscious sedation, and, for a minor, requires the written informed consent to include a statement that encourages the patient to explore all options available for the child's anesthesia for their dental treatment and consult with the child's dentist or pediatrician as needed. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1622&version=20190AB162299INT) 2. **03/27/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1622&version=20190AB162298AMD) 3. **04/04/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1622&version=20190AB162297AMD) 4. **05/13/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1622&version=20190AB162296AMD) 5. **08/12/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1622&version=20190AB162295AMD) 6. **09/06/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1622&version=20190AB162294AMD) 7. **10/08/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1622&version=20190AB162292CHP) 8. **AB1622** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1622) 9. **09/17/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1622&version=20190AB162293ENR) ## Votes - 3rd Reading AB1622 Carrillo By Hurtado — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower - AB 1622 Carrillo Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **20–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions] — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper - AB 1622 Carrillo Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Carrillo — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2019-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction` - **2019-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25. - **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2019-03-18** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B. & P. `referral-committee` - **2019-03-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2019-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2019-04-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 2). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2019-04-04** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee` - **2019-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-04-24** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2019-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-05-02** From Consent Calendar. - **2019-05-02** Ordered to third reading. - **2019-05-13** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1620.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2011.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2019-06-06** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee` - **2019-06-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2019-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-08-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2019-08-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction` - **2019-08-19** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2019-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-09-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2764.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2019-09-11** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3370.) - **2019-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3417.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2019-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - **2019-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2019-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 632, Statutes of 2019. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b57d04b2-e79e-4384-a28a-be72e7d5daed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).