republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-403.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dental hygienists: examinations and licensure."
description: "Existing law, operative July 1, 2009, establishes the Dental Hygiene Committee of California in the Dental Board of California, and provides for the licensure and regulation of dental hygienists by the committee. Existing law requires the committee to license as a registered dental hygienist a person who completes an approved educational program, as specified, and who passes a clinical examination prescribed by the committee, an examination in California law and ethics prescribed by the committee, and a national written dental hygiene examination approved by the committee, with specified exemptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 403"
citation: "California AB 403 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dental hygienists: examinations and licensure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fuller"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2009-02-23"
last_action: "2009-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4799e474-4f7a-4f9c-aeb3-e56b25138c18"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB403"
source_hash: "1456b5f5475ee194055ea882da0a92f0fb5e64706deea2f593931b2cc856c4cf"
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 403 (20092010) — Dental hygienists: examinations and licensure.

Existing law, operative July 1, 2009, establishes the Dental Hygiene Committee of California in the Dental Board of California, and provides for the licensure and regulation of dental hygienists by the committee. Existing law requires the committee to license as a registered dental hygienist a person who completes an approved educational program, as specified, and who passes a clinical examination prescribed by the committee, an examination in California law and ethics prescribed by the committee, and a national written dental hygiene examination approved by the committee, with specified exemptions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB403&version=20090AB40399INT)
2. **03/25/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB403&version=20090AB40398AMD)
3. **08/06/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB403&version=20090AB40396CHP)
4. **AB403** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB403)
5. **07/02/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB403&version=20090AB40397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 403 FULLER Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #11 AB403 Fuller — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fuller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2009-03-09** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-31** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 31). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-27** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1240.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2009-06-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-25** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-06-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1520.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-29** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2009-07-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2009-08-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 104, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4799e474-4f7a-4f9c-aeb3-e56b25138c18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).