republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2706.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools: health care coverage: enrollment assistance."
description: "Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to make rules for the physical examination of pupils that will ensure proper care of the pupils and proper secrecy with regard to any defect noted. Existing law requires a pupil, while enrolled in kindergarten in a public school, or while enrolled in first grade in a public school if the pupil was not previously enrolled in kindergarten in a public school, to present proof, no later than May 31 of the school year, of having received an oral health assessment by a licensed dentist or other licensed or registered dental health professional operating within his or her scope of practice that was performed no earlier than 12 months prior to the date of the initial enrollment of the pupil. Existing law prohibits a school district from permitting access to pupil records, other than directory information, to any person without parental consent or without a judicial order, except to specified persons under certain circumstances, including to a pupil 16 years of age or older or who has completed grade 10."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2706"
citation: "California AB 2706 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Schools: health care coverage: enrollment assistance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roger Hernández"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 32
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcba4398-1530-4441-b353-240430c320f0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2706"
source_hash: "79c511003e96a4ee09dd1c040402eb9aa885d2ebbc9306de3b606841ccf97a3e"
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 2706 (20132014) — Schools: health care coverage: enrollment assistance.

Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to make rules for the physical examination of pupils that will ensure proper care of the pupils and proper secrecy with regard to any defect noted. Existing law requires a pupil, while enrolled in kindergarten in a public school, or while enrolled in first grade in a public school if the pupil was not previously enrolled in kindergarten in a public school, to present proof, no later than May 31 of the school year, of having received an oral health assessment by a licensed dentist or other licensed or registered dental health professional operating within his or her scope of practice that was performed no earlier than 12 months prior to the date of the initial enrollment of the pupil. Existing law prohibits a school district from permitting access to pupil records, other than directory information, to any person without parental consent or without a judicial order, except to specified persons under certain circumstances, including to a pupil 16 years of age or older or who has completed grade 10.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2706&version=20130AB270699INT)
2. **03/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2706&version=20130AB270698AMD)
3. **04/24/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2706&version=20130AB270697AMD)
4. **05/01/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2706&version=20130AB270696AMD)
5. **05/27/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2706&version=20130AB270695AMD)
6. **07/02/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2706&version=20130AB270694AMD)
7. **09/29/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2706&version=20130AB270692CHP)
8. **AB2706** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2706)
9. **08/29/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2706&version=20130AB270693ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–6** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 2706 HERNÁNDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **55–22** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- AB 2706 HERNÁNDEZ Assembly Third Reading — **57–20** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2706 Roger Hernández By Torres — **25–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roger Hernández — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-28** Referred to Coms. on ED. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 6.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 20. Page 5368.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-11** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-07-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 9. Page 4851.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 56. Noes 21. Page 6571.)
- **2014-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 22. Page 6591.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 827, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcba4398-1530-4441-b353-240430c320f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).