republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-539.md

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Bill	Dentistry: dental hygienists.	Dentistry: dental hygienists.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 539	California AB 539 (20032004)	bill appropriation	Dentistry: dental hygienists.	enacted	Laird	10	33	10	2003-02-18	2004-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/2b3873d5-1407-44e2-82cb-cca33417c435	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB539	d1ab0920cffaa913b799f42c7c56daca65158bf40c7db31c5b64834355b85c2f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 539 (20032004) — Dentistry: dental hygienists.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/24/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/03/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/14/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/17/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/25/04 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/03/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/08/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. AB539 (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/12/04 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• assembly 3rd reading ab539 laird by ducheny — pass (pass) · upper
• assembly 3rd reading ab539 laird by ducheny — pass (pass) · upper
• placed on appropriations suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 539 laird assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 539 laird concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 539 laird concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Laird — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-08-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 294, Statutes of 2004.
• 2004-08-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2004-08-16 Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2004-08-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7016.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2004-07-02 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2004-07-01 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 1. Page 4521.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2004-06-15 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-06-14 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
• 2004-06-07 In Senate. Held at Desk.
• 2004-06-07 Withdrawn from enrollment. Action rescinded whereby the Assembly concurred in Senate amendments and whereby the bill was ordered to enrollment. Ordered returned to Senate.
• 2004-01-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4420.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2004-01-26 From inactive file. To unfinished business file.
• 2003-09-12 To inactive file on motion of Assembly Member Laird.
• 2003-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2003-09-09 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 1. Page 2429.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-09-08 Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-09-03 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-09-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2003-08-18 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2003-07-17 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-07-16 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage
• 2003-06-19 Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. referral-committee
• 2003-06-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-06-05 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2296.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-06-03 Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended. (Page 2157.) Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-19 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-05-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2003-04-30 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-04-28 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. referral-committee
• 2003-04-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-02-27 Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. referral-committee
• 2003-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2003-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2b3873d5-1407-44e2-82cb-cca33417c435. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).