republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-895.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care coverage: dental care."
description: "Health care coverage: dental care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 895"
citation: "California AB 895 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care coverage: dental care."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aghazarian"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc73a5ca-730b-4aa9-97f8-8cd1162a2540"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB895"
source_hash: "971ed1a7ad29e84ffeb3b763a599f8f019b7298e365ab043dfd26c48873d0399"
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 895 (20072008) — Health care coverage: dental care.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB895&version=20070AB89599INT)
2. **04/12/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB895&version=20070AB89598AMD)
3. **04/30/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB895&version=20070AB89597AMD)
4. **06/21/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB895&version=20070AB89596AMD)
5. **07/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB895&version=20070AB89595AMD)
6. **07/30/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB895&version=20070AB89593CHP)
7. **AB895** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB895)
8. **07/24/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB895&version=20070AB89594ENR)

## Votes

- AB 895 AGHAZARIAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 895 AGHAZARIAN Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #12 AB895 Aghazarian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aghazarian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2007-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 10). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-04-30** 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`
- **2007-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1436.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-20** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-21** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-03** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-05** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1727.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-07-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-07-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2578.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2007-07-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 164, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc73a5ca-730b-4aa9-97f8-8cd1162a2540`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).