republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-836.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dentists: continuing education."
description: "Existing law, the Dental Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of dentists by the Dental Board of California until January 1, 2016, at which time the board shall be subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. Existing law authorizes the board to require licentiates to complete continuing education hours as a condition of license renewal. Existing law authorizes the board to, by regulation, reduce the renewal fee for a licensee who has practiced dentistry for 20 years or more in this state, has reached the age of retirement under the federal Social Security Act, and customarily provides his or her services free of charge to any person, organization, or agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 836"
citation: "California AB 836 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dentists: continuing education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70d62969-8f35-487b-91a4-0d2933d127c8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB836"
source_hash: "ea1a480a69ca96954cc37351020db8fca6d366d10ad3698210559f71a6a31b2e"
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 836 (20132014) — Dentists: continuing education.

Existing law, the Dental Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of dentists by the Dental Board of California until January 1, 2016, at which time the board shall be subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. Existing law authorizes the board to require licentiates to complete continuing education hours as a condition of license renewal. Existing law authorizes the board to, by regulation, reduce the renewal fee for a licensee who has practiced dentistry for 20 years or more in this state, has reached the age of retirement under the federal Social Security Act, and customarily provides his or her services free of charge to any person, organization, or agency.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB836&version=20130AB83699INT)
2. **04/09/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB836&version=20130AB83698AMD)
3. **06/18/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB836&version=20130AB83697AMD)
4. **09/09/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB836&version=20130AB83695CHP)
5. **AB836** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB836)
6. **08/27/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB836&version=20130AB83696ENR)

## Votes

- AB 836 SKINNER Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 836 SKINNER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB836 Skinner By Hernandez — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Skinner — primary (person)
- V. Manuel Pérez — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1118.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1877.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2655.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2013-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 299, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70d62969-8f35-487b-91a4-0d2933d127c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).