republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-2637.md

---
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).