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Bill	Dentistry.	(1) Existing law, until January 1, 2012, provides for the Dental Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires the membership of the board to consist of 8 practicing dentists, a registered dental hygienist, a registered dental assistant, and 4 public members. Existing law requires the Governor to appoint all of the members of the board, except that the Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly each appoint a public member. Existing law, until January 1, 2012, allows the board, with the approval of the Director of Consumer Affairs, to appoint a person exempt from civil service as the executive officer of the board. Under existing law, boards scheduled for repeal are required to be evaluated by the Joint Sunset Review Committee.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 540	California SB 540 (20112012)	bill	Dentistry.	enacted	Price	11	31	7	2011-02-17	2011-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/dc584766-fd4b-4d0b-9b69-0a9ab48ef34a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB540	bafcec8ba6e7904c0f9a5c4a290e88a05d31657ff255721841094933677efaa4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 540 (20112012) — Dentistry.

(1) Existing law, until January 1, 2012, provides for the Dental Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires the membership of the board to consist of 8 practicing dentists, a registered dental hygienist, a registered dental assistant, and 4 public members. Existing law requires the Governor to appoint all of the members of the board, except that the Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly each appoint a public member. Existing law, until January 1, 2012, allows the board, with the approval of the Director of Consumer Affairs, to appoint a person exempt from civil service as the executive officer of the board. Under existing law, boards scheduled for repeal are required to be evaluated by the Joint Sunset Review Committee.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/25/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/09/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/12/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/27/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/12/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/15/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/01/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/30/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. SB540 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/12/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB540 Price Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 540 Price Senate Third Reading By HAYASHI — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Price — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2011-02-18 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
• 2011-03-03 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2011-04-04 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2011-04-11 Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2011-04-12 Set for hearing May 2.
• 2011-04-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 848.) (May 2). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-09 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-05-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-05-13 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2011-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 1086.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1245.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2011-06-09 Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2011-06-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-07-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 5). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-17 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2011-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-09-01 Read third time and amended. (Page 2771.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-01 Ordered to third reading.
• 2011-09-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2997.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-09-07 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2011-09-08 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2413.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2011-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 385, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dc584766-fd4b-4d0b-9b69-0a9ab48ef34a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).